HotelChatter - Tag: Madrid Hotels

Madrid: The View From This Madrid Ibis is Ibusted

Jenna — 2009-07-23T12:31:22-05:00

<![CDATA[You know the scene. You open the door to your brand new hotel room, run over to the window, open the blinds and bam, you are hit with the anti-view. Maybe you are looking down a dirty alley, witnessing a drug deal, staring at an air shaft in the face, or seeing a brick wall. Whatever you are viewing it is not extremely pleasurable. Help out your fellow hotel mavens by uploading your anti-views to the <a href="http://flickr.com/groups/hotelchatter/">HotelChatter/Flickr photo pool</a>, or by <a href="mailto:tips@hotelchatter.com">sending the photo along to us</a>. Remember to tell us the name of the hotel and the room number with the not-so-easy-on-the-eyes view. <img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6929/ibismadridroof.jpg" class="top"> Things to see in Madrid: see a game at Bernabeu Stadium.

Madrid: American Passports Earn Discounts at the ME Madrid Hotel

jennm — 2009-01-07T09:05:44-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/11725/madridme.jpg" class="top">You know how in Europe various attractions and monuments give discounts to holders of European passports? Kind of annoying, isnt it? Well finally, flashing your U.S. passport will get you something other than a dirty look. <a href="http://www.time.com/time/travel/article/0,31542,1868899,00.html"Time</a>s got the scoop on the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Me+Hotel+Madrid/ian/117893">ME Madrid Reina Victoria</a>, where an American passport gets you 20 percent off room rates when you book at least three nights, plus a bottle of cava and strawberries en suite, free breakfast, and 50 percent off dinner for two at the hotels Midnight Rose restaurant. Rates start at about $240, and the offer is good through March, which might not be warm enough to take advantage of The Penthouse, the hotels Rande-and-Scott-Gerber-helmed

Madrid: Madrid Hotel Makes Good Use of Your Left-Behind Reading Material

jennm — 2009-01-06T09:15:44-05:00

It looks like hotels' obsession with books will definitely continue in 2009. The latest is from the Gran Hotel Conde Duque, a hotel in downtown Madrid, which has started a library out of guests’ left-behind books--a collection that has turned out to be so diverse it includes Dan Brown’s Angels and Demons and a Spanish translation of the Book of Mormon. (How’s that for some light vacation reading?)

The fact that this hotel is starting an orphaned books club definitely makes up for their lack of stylish room decor. Check out that bedspread and headboard, eee!

Madrid: Room With an Anti-View:: A So-So Scene from the Westin Palace in Madrid

amandak — 2008-07-03T10:35:10-05:00

<![CDATA[You know the scene. You open the door to your brand new hotel room, run over to the window, open the blinds and bam, you are hit with the anti-view. Maybe you are looking down a dirty alley, witnessing a drug deal, staring at an air shaft in the face, or seeing a brick wall. Whatever you are viewing it is not extremely pleasurable. Help out your fellow hotel mavens by uploading your anti-views to the <a href="http://flickr.com/groups/hotelchatter/">HotelChatter/Flickr photo pool</a>, or by <a href="mailto:tips@hotelchatter.com">sending the photo along to us</a>. Remember to tell us the name of the hotel and the room number with the not-so-easy-on-the-eyes view. <img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3873/Anti_View_Westin_Palace_Madrid2.jpg" class="imgborder"> Thanks go to another HotelChatter tipster, <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tombarnes20008/">tombarnes20008</a>, who dropped this

Madrid: International Hotel WiFi Hell: El Coloso in Madrid

jennm — 2008-05-29T12:44:35-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/colosowifihell.jpg" class="imgborder">We're working out of Madrid today, staying at the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/El+Coloso/ian/118328">Hotel El Coloso</a>. We're a bit hard-pressed to say anything good or bad about the room, the service or the location, mostly because we're so floored by the WiFi Fee: 17 euros, or $26, for 24-hours worth of access. That's only if you want to surf the Internet and instant message people ("OMFG srsly? $26 for IM??!!?" is how we imagine those real-time chats will go.) But if you want to branch out and go wild with e-mail attachments, downloading files and opening a VPN? Well, that will cost you 22 euro ($34) for a mere 24 hours worth of surf time. Plus, this is a ticking