"This hotel is in a great location for walking around the historic area of Madrid. We did a couple of tours and they were easy to reach on foot from the hotel. We spent a few hours at the pool several afternoons after our tours, which was a nice break. The pool area was quite busy and there is not a lot of shade, so that was a bit of a negative for us. We had lunch on the rooftop one day and the food was decent (Caesar salad and pulled pork brioche), but not nearly as good as the food at the restaurants and tapas bars nearby (convenient to the pool though!) The staff was very helpful during our stay, answering our questions and helping with anything we needed. I will say that apart from the lack of shady lounge chairs, the only negative at the hotel was banging pipes! The first time it happened we thought they were doing construction in the room next door, but it lasted 30-60 seconds and it was quiet again! All in all it was a very pleasant stay in Madrid."