Asturias

We stayed late August 2008. Got a room on the sixth floor. Very spacious room with a fan and TV. The hotel needs a lick of paint and a better lift. The breakfast was excellent and the budget price for this hotel means it will be on my list for my next visit to Madrid. Staff were friendly and helpfull.

Peter Wadsworth, UK
Mature Couple (36+)

Absoultely superb location, room and facilities very clean. Highly reccomended!!

Josh, London
Group of Young Friends/Couples

You get what you pay for! We paid £180 for 3 nights B&B in April. It is very central and you can walk to all the major sights easily. We had read several bad reviews of the Asturias so were not expecting much. However, the room was clean, bed linen and towels better than some other places we have stayed. Clean and comfortable and staff were very helpful with any requests we made. It was noisy due to a bar located in the side street below our window - not the hotel's fault. It does need refurbishing but then will inevitably cost more.

heather graham, durham city
Mature Couple (36+)

Location of this hotel is fantastic, as other reviews suggest. You're in the heart of everything and just a short walk to all the main areas. We walked everywhere and didn't need public transport. We travelled in March, so didn't notice the lack of air conditioning, however, the hotel is very noisy and I struggled sleeping at night. I couldn't believe that breakfast was included in the low price that we paid - this was OK, fairly heavy on the bread front, I guess, but plenty of food nevertheless. The rooms were clean but very basic. There's nothing in the rooms as a way of facilities - no hairdryer, remember this, girls! The hotel bar is quite expensive but there are plenty of bars and restaurants as soon as you leave the hotel. For an authentic way to eat ham and cheese, try Museo de Jamon, on the way to Puerta del Sol, a great place! Overall, very basic but you get what you pay for. I wouldn't stay there again mainly because of the noise but if this doesn't bother you, go for it!

Alma, UK
Young Couple (18-35)

This hotel is very good value for money and in a fantastic location, but there is a price to pay and it is very noisy at night. As there is no air con, it is unbearable without the window open,it is then hard to get any sleep until 5am until the streets calm down.

Jan Blackmore, Nuneaton, UK
Mature Couple (36+)

Excellent Location. Although hotel very dated, it was clean, fresh towels and bed linen each day and breakfast although limited choice certainly had enough to eat!
We found the reception staff very helpful . If you stay there try the restaurant La Finca de Susanah just around the corner to the right of the hotel. Does not open until 8-30 in evening but excellent food at a very reasonable price.
I should imagine it is noisy in summer if you have windows open but if you want a budget hotel in the centre of Madrid you cannot go wrong here

Ros Evans, Lllanelli Wales
Mature Couple (36+)

perfect position, quite, clean and good staff
      good value shame about the lift.
          good meal new years eve

robert rutter, bath england
Mature Couple (36+)

Hotel was easy to find (approx. 50m from Sevilla metro station) and situated very centrally making sightseeing really easy either by foot or underground.
The hotel itself was a bit dated and could do with freshening up, but as it is only 2 star you don't expect the Ritz! The room we were in were large and the fridge came in very handy.
The hotel staff were courteous and the breakfast room was quite large and airy. Breakfast was served from 7 - 11am so no rush in the mornings which is always good on holiday, although having the same breakfast evey morning did start to wear a bit thin after a few days!
Overall we really enjoyed our stay. The hotel was good value for money and I would certainly recommend it.

Andrew Marshall, Birmingham, England
Other

The hotel occupies a striking corner pitch right in the centre of Madrid - 1 min - Metro (Seville Station), 5 mins Plaza Major, 10 mins Prado or Gran Via the location is superb. Taxi from Main railway station = 10 Euros – Airport = 20 Euros. Excellent shopping and restaurants within a short walking distance. The original grand building is now a shadow of its former self. Decorated throughout with woodchip and magnolia. Dingy corridors and public areas. One temperamental lift. My large room on the 4th floor was VERY basic – scratched furniture, nylon pillows/sheets, faded counterpane, lumpy mattress; a 1970’s no remote TV, no hangers, curtains, seating or air conditioning. Strong whiff of air freshener to cover lingering cigarette smoke. The bathroom had been upgraded some time ago but water pressure/heat was barely adequate. Towels had seen better days! Very noisy 24/7 looking onto the C.Seville with a constant flow of traffic. The personal security instructions for guest safety quite intimidating!

The continental style breakfast in the 1st floor dining room was more than adequate. Additional bread/coffee was available on request from the extremely friendly and efficient waiting staff.

Despite the poor standard of maintenance and decoration, the hotel was very popular and at the time of my stay must have had 100’s of guests. No doubt – like me attracted by the cheap room rates! Oh and the Location, Location, Location!!

Peter Harrison, Rugeley/England
Solo Traveller

A one night stay at the Asturias was ideal for me, I wanted somewhere cheap, clean and reasonably comfortable and I got it.
Being advertised as a two star hotel you can't expect five star
luxury.I use a hotel to sleep in and have breakfast in, the rest
of the time Iam out sightseeing or whatever. The night I spent there it was pouring with rain and so I decided to stay in and
eat there. So glad I did, three course meal with an alcoholic
drink thrown in for 19euros was excellent value, and it was
lovely, can't praise it enough and very well served.
Faults? No notification of meal times or bar times in room,
but that was only a tiny irritation.
I would certainly stay there again.

Mike Furnell, Birmingham / England
Solo Traveller

Good central position in the historical part of Madrid. Hotel has lots of traffic noise, which is only to be expected. Very clean, lots of hot water, and courtious staff. The hotel is very close to the Sevillia metro station. It takes 45 minutes and requires two changes on the metro to get to the airport.

Linda, Bristol
Mature Couple (36+)

Yes there was a lot of noise from the street - great! It meant we were right in the Centre- and I always travel with earplugs. The building opposite was very Gaudesque and the most interesting one I saw during our stay.A nice clean hotel with lots of character and every other floor is non-smoking. Breakfast is huge and should cater to all tastes: cereal, croissant, cake, ham, cheese and as much REAL orange juice and coffee as you can manage. Staff are not gushing/servile (as you interpret it) but efficient and polite.  One of the best hotels I've stayed in within this price range - would use again DEFINITELY!

Rose Bailey, Cornwall, England
Mature Couple (36+)

FRIENDLY AND HELPFUL STAFF,EXCELLENT VALUE FOR MONEY

peter meredith, wirral,uk
Solo Traveller

In short, is a good hotel. Placed in the center of Madrid, near everything, shops, restaurants, underground, bus, disco...
Good attention to the client and very clean in general.

Federico Vazquez Gomez, Las Palmas / Spain
Solo Traveller

The Asturias is a very old hotel and certainly in desperate need of a facelift. Saying that the bedroom was nice but very basic however bathroom was lovely althougn quite small. The hotel is very central for everything and a short walk from the metro but the noise of car horns at night particularly between 4 and 6 in the morning is horrendous. This was made worse by the fact that the shutters wouldn't work on the window. The restaurant was quite spacious and continental breakfast was very nice. Unfortunatley I had my purse stolen on the visit and I'm afarid the staff were quite unsupportive and were only willing to provide very basic advice but weren't willing to assist with any telephone calls which made trying to sort this out in a city where people speaks little or no English quite difficult. So take ear plugs and watch your belongings!

Kim Richardson, Manchester England
Mature Couple (36+)

This hotel was booked by one of my friends online and what a disaster the hotel was a right dump the bar only opened for about an hour a day the paintwork was peeling the lift took an age to arrive the rooms were grubby the showers had no power the tv had about five channels (all Spanish).The hotel is right in the centre and the noise at night was horrendous and went on till about five in the morning . Madrid itself was a great place but take my advice if you are over twenty years of age dont go to the Asturias

Edward Casey, Wirral
Group of Mature Friends/Couples

Cheap and cheerful is one way of describing this hotel! The staff were welcoming and spoke English (well some of them did!)The rooms were clean, you felt they could do with a bit of TLC but nothing we couldn't cope with. No air condtioning, which can be a little uncomfortable when the temperature reaches 40 degrees C as it did when we were there (July)We did manage to scrounge a fan from the chamber maids but this wasn't offered as standard issue. Madrid is an amazing place to visit but not if you want a quiet holiday, the place never sleeps! You did say there is parking, there is but at 27.60 Euros per day it does tend to make your budget hoilday a little expensive!!! Breakfast was really good, plenty to eat and always served with a smile. This hotel is not for the traveller that likes all the comforts of home, but the view from the balcony and the loud comments of passerbys (at any time of day!) make it an experience to say the least. We had a really good time and would revisit.

Adrienne Hare, Manchester, England
Mature Couple (36+)

The great thing about this hotel is its location. Calle Sevilla is just about as central as you could want. As a base to explore most of what the centre of Madrid has to offer it's perfect.  The nearest metro station (Sevilla) is less than 100 meters from the front door, so getting further afield is easy too.  For anyone on a budget, this also means you can get to the Airport for 1 Euro (2 changes, takes about 25 minutes).

The hotel itself is old. You can take this one of two ways, obviously. Either old as in 'charming & characterful', or old as in 'peeling paintwork'. I felt somewhere in between.  The room was big enough and very clean, but there is a sense that everything has been well used.  This didn't bother me, but bear it in mind. The staff were very friendly, and took kindly to my clunky Spanish (though English is spoken too).

It's worth me mentioning now that I stayed here in July. In July, Madrid is hot.  The hotel does not have air conditioning in the rooms, and during the evenings it is simply too hot to sleep.  The outside temperature at 3.00am was 28 degrees, and that was substantially cooler than the room.  Opening the window helps slightly, but the noise from the street is unbelievable.

In summary, go in the winter. And take earplugs.

Chris, Manchester, UK
Young Couple (18-35)

Stayed here in November  clean but very old place and a lot of stairs when lift breaks down as it did 2 times while i was there.
Rooms are clean but too small.
But Madrid is a great city to visit. I would recommend that you use the metro system to get around - it's cheap and fast and clean.
(cheaper than taxis)
The hotel is a great location to see everything in the city. I went to watch Real Madrid play.

dave paget, wigan
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