Comments on: The Palace Hotel, Madrid

By: cagayan de oro hotels

cagayan de oro hotels — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 07:16:18 +0000

Iâ€™ve been around places, stayed in different hotels, but this one is very exquisite. This hotel surely makes you feel like royalty, definitely lives up to its name â€œThe Palaceâ€. Very awesome blog!

By: terrey

terrey — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 04:03:20 +0000

it’s always a delight to read your travels. thanks!

By: NYCMama

NYCMama — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 17:38:57 +0000

Just back from Manila where I had a discussion with my sister re our best hotel breakfast yet, and it was at The Palace Hotel in Madrid! Too bad you were not there anymore after Spain won the World Cup?

By: Lava Bien

Lava Bien — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 14:49:14 +0000

Yes, MM. I even took a nap on them tourist buses (3 lines) as they just go around all day. I had my hat and sunglasses on while taking a nap but no obvious cameras dangling on my neck just my very small daypack. Even my host family was proud of me as I was enjoying Madrid like a local hehehehe then we had to go back to Salamanca( yup just doing weekend trips to Madrid)

By: Lava Bien

Lava Bien — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 14:43:29 +0000

I love Madrid. It’s clean like nobody in Manila would ever imagine a city could look like. One can take a picture infront of just any building around the Plaza Mayor.

Vale! Venga! MM.

By: Jen Laceda

Jen Laceda — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 20:50:27 +0000

what a lovely hotel! love the classic look!

By: Connie C

Connie C — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 22:27:58 +0000

Tapas, cochinillo, gypsies being chased, Goya ( La Maja Desnuda) at the Prado and flamenco was the Madrid in the late 70’s for me. Like Marilen, I had many of those “que horror” moments as waiters wiped droppings, napkins off counters and tables and I wondered, couldn’t they have dropped them onto their hands or napkins, then they would have to sweep less often nor would tourists like me drag crumbs everywhere with my footwear. And we stopped at just about every corner bar as my husband OD’d on Spanish espresso. We left Madrid with the takatakatak of the flamenco still ringing in my ears. And yes, I think I bought a pair of footwear too.

By: jtan

jtan — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 18:45:58 +0000

I have stayed in that neighborhood in a more economy level 3-star hotel (Hotel Prado). Free internet. Great convenient neighborhood, even near Atocha train station. The lovely old train station with a little indoor oasis garden where I took the hi-speed to Barcelona. In contrast with the new St Pancras Station in London (Eurostar station to Paris) which is a beautiful re-creation with old and new.

By: jquint

jquint — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 14:05:11 +0000

These days I bring a really small wifi router so we only have to pay for one internet connection and just share it among our laptops. Best if the internet is wired, but with a little fiddling, even wifi can be shared.

By: marilen

marilen — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 11:44:02 +0000

Great location! nearby, the Prado, Thyssen Bornemitza and the Reina Sofia museums!! My first visit to Madrid in 1974!! (dates me) what an eyeopener it was to stand at a tapas bar in the heart of Plaza del Sol and see people just drop food tidbits and napkins on the floor. It was a ‘que horror’ moment, but then early, very early the next morning (bar connected to our hotel) to see Spanish women on hands and knees cleaning and soaping the marble floors of the bar and public areas of all detritus! Viva Espana!!