Ayre Gran Hotel Colon - Madrid, Spain 

TG
Posted: Fri, Nov 28 2008
We stayed in a lovely spacious and spotlessly clean double room. Friendly staff and Hotel and location was great although not central, close to metro which is so easy to get around the city.

RG
Posted: Fri, Oct 24 2008
Madrid was my first european impression. I stayed there for 5 days. The hotel was very clean, with free wireless acess, in an non-turistic location, but very close to the "Sainz de Baranda" metro station. It has a fantastic price/quality relationship.

Franklyn Barton
Posted: Thu, Sep 04 2008
Very nice Hotel,with metro nearby to take you into city. if you like walking,its a pleasent half hour walk to the centre. I would definately consider staying at the hotel again although the food is over priced. Plenty of eating places in the Sol area.

CD
Posted: Wed, Aug 13 2008
Rooms are cleaned and spacious, service is good. There is just a few noises from the street and close rooms. Be carreful if you have to go to the aiport quite early, it is quite far from it. You probably should have to take a cab.

Good value for money - has the potential to be a lot better for guests
Posted: Sat, Jul 05 2008
We stayed at this hotel for three nights as we availed of a special weekend break offer. We were originally allocated a tiny twin room, but were immediately assigned a larger room when we requested it at Reception. The room was quite basic, not what you would expect from a 4-star hotel from the point of view of furnishings and fittings. However, the room was very clean and the bathroom cleaned and replenished with toiletries and towels every day. The breakfast buffet was well stocked with the basics but nothing special. The bar and lounge area was in darkness for the time we were there. This particular area could be a great meeting point for guests if it was staffed and well lit. As there were 50 Irish people in our group, it would have been well worthwhile to have this facility operating. There is a cafeteria in the sister (Europe) hotel which is reached by going through an art gallery corridor and this is where people relaxed with a drink or coffee. There is a very nice Italian restaurant, Gino's, across the road from the cafeteria. The hotel is located in a quiet area with a couple of local shops such as a pharmacy, shoe shop, hairdresser and supermarket. The hotel is well served by the No 20 bus which comes very frequently - at 1 euro to the city centre its great value. A taxi for the same journey cost us 10 euro so it was back to the bus after that! The hotel was grand for the price we paid but if I was visiting Madrid again I would prefer to stay closer to the city centre.