Novotel Madrid Center

Good location, great handheld city guide

The hotel is walking distance from parque el buen retiro, and has metro stops for two different lines and the airport shuttle within two blocks. The rooms are ample and clean, but my favorite feature of hotel was a handheld city guide (converted Google phone) that was programmed with suggestions for activities, and info about tourist attractions in city. I live in the USA so my phone would have been roaming and expensive to use. The city guide allowed me to navigate the city, and look up information as I walked around. It was extremely helpful.

The hotel has closed it's entrance that accesses the sidewalk directly and I had to walk in and out of hotel through car tunnel, which felt a bit dicey as the sidewalk in the tunnel is very narrow.

Excellent Hotel

- Amazing Breakfast with variety of fresh juices (my booking was not included with breakfast, but 9 Euro is not at all expensive for such a fabulous breakfast. and for child it was free. - kids play area in the lobby - my eight year old daughter enjoyed there a lot, and I have seen several kids happily playing (I seldom see such arrangement anywhere else) - excellent design make a luxury feeling - Bed and pillow was so comfortable and soft (one of the main component I looked when booking) - so met the expectation - enough space inside the room (though not a lot) - helping and smiling staff

- Though toilet was neat and beautiful, shower area was not properly covered which made the shower water brings out of the designated place and made the entire toilet wet (they could make the proper coverage for the shower area) - waste bin in the toilet was damaged and had to use hand to open it ( it could be in my room only, unfortunately) - main door was not properly closing (could be my room issue only, unfortunately) - Location wasn't great as its far from city center - if you wish to walk daily to the centre or attraction this is not the place. you will have to rely taxi or metro. But if you go to airport, then you save a lot of time (though money is same from wherever you go to airport) as its end of the city.