Michael ChiconskyPosted: Sat, Jun 20 2009Value:
5The Preciado was an excellent choice. We were given an upgrade to a junior suite, Rm 207, which was lovely. Very quiet rooms complete with electric shutters in all windows. A large and well equipped bathroom, complete with blowdryer. Daniel, the front desk manager, was extraordinarily helpful in locating good restaurants and getting tickets to the bullfight. The hotel is very near the puerto Del Sol shopping area and Plaza Callao, which allows you to go anywhere on the very easy to understand Metro. The only problem we had was getting to the hotel from the train station. The Preciados is on Calle Preciados, which has a pedestrian only section and a cars allowed section, but the taxi drivers all refused to take us because they thought it was all pedestrian only, and kept telling us to take the metro, which we did with all our luggage, and then trekked like sherpas to finally locat the hotel ON THE AUTO ALLOWED AREA!! If you are taking a taxi from the train station or the airport, make sure to tell the driver to take you to the Preciados at the plaza Callao. Even if they won't take you any further you are only a block from the hotel there, but once there they should all see that they can drive you right to the door. Also, their cafe is a decent place for a bite in the morning but we only had coffee and croissants, not the buffet.