Di Carlo Hotels Madrid

No tienen servicio de consigna, el a/c funcionaba sólo regular

It was a good overall stay. Close to Bernabeu, nice Facilities.

I had to book this hotel as left it too late to book somewhere for a business trip and it was the week of a major exhibition, so it was out of necessity rather than choice. It was not a pleasant stay. There are no restaurants in the area (ended up buying food from a nearby Lidl), no amenities whatsoever in the room (needed a bottle opener but there wasn’t one) no tea/coffee/kettle etc. It was clean and yet from the minute I walked in I felt the opposite. I was kept awake all night by the sounds from the neighbouring rooms. And they were very specific sounds (you’ll have to use your imagination) but the walls were so thin I was getting a level of audible detail I would rather not have had. In the morning, no hot water. So I went downstairs (can’t call reception from the room or if you can they don’t tell you how/what number to press) and the guy cape back to my room, ran the tap and agreed there was no hot water. And that was that. Seriously. I never saw him again and when I left 45 mins later after a freezing shower, it was a different man on “reception”. If you’re in a serious budget and this comes up cheap (prices were inflated the week I was in Madrid because of the event) and need a bed for the night and don’t care then fine. Otherwise avoid like the plague.

It’s in a great location even though the front part looks kind of old, the inside of the hotel is nice, rooms are small and you can hear what’s going out in the other rooms, if they talk, if they open the shower etc that’s the only part I dislike, service was great very helpful and attentive!