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Rafael Atocha Hotel

  • May 23, 2007
  • Rated 3 of 5 by LenR from Townsville, Australia
Rafael Atocha Hotel

There is absolutely nothing wrong with this hotel. The rooms are pleasant, the staff are friendly, the whole place is clean, yet I would not recommend it to anyone heading for Madrid if your main aim is to explore the central city. The problem for me is the location.

The hotel is located about ten minutes from the Atocha Railway Station, and has direct access from the M-30 urban ring road by way of the "Méndez Álvaro" exit. So far, so good.

The hotel advertises it is near the "culture mile" area which contains the Prado Museum, the Thyssen Bornemisza Museum, and the Reina Sofía Art Centre. It is probably only 0.75 kilometres from the Art Centre but everything else is much further away and the walk is uninspiring with the railway line along one side of the road. We did it about six times and by the last time we declared there would be no seventh time. It is reasonably close to the Planetarium and the Retiro Park is about a kilometer away but it is more than two kilometers from Plaza Mayor.

The hotel rooms are equipped with a marble bathroom, individual air conditioning, magnetic lock, safe deposit box, small refrigerator with minibar, satellite TV, cable TV, modem line, and hairdryer. There is room service, which we did not use. We thought the room was pleasant enough but were worried by the noise from the plumbing when adjacent or upper rooms used the toilet or bathroom. I must say that this was also a problem we encountered in some other Spanish hotels.

The hotel had a tourist information department which provided us with a good map of the city, a restaurant which we only used for the average buffet breakfast, a modern-style piano-bar, a laundry, 110 parking spots, and gardens out the back. The garden would be pleasant in the summer but the weather was too cold for this while we were there.

This is quite clearly a business hotel because the normal rack rate is 200 euros but on the weekend it reduces to 88 euros. The weekend rate seems reasonable but the normal rate seems high. If you plan to stay here it would be worth trying the Internet for some better rates.

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