Madrid · Hotel shortlist
Hotels with a spa in the old town, Madrid
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These are my five favourites in Madrid, out of the 33 that qualified. I read what other travellers scored them before I picked, so the order follows the guests, 4.7 down to 4.5.
Gran Hotel Inglés is the one I would book myself.
Highest rated of the five
Gran Hotel Inglés
★★★★★4.7 from 972 reviews
Gran Hotel Inglés comes out on top of this list, and not narrowly: 4.7 from 972 guest reviews is a score that holds up at that volume, which is the whole test here. A perfect ten from nine people does not beat it.
It is a 5 star property, found under old town and around $607 a night on the dates we checked.
33 hotels in Madrid qualified for this list and five made it. Four Seasons Hotel Madrid is the one I would book if the first is full.
Why it works for this trip
- Spatreatment rooms on site, no booking a taxi for it
- Air conditioningthe one that decides a summer trip
- Restaurantdinner downstairs on the night you land
- Bara drink without going back out
- Family roomscots and larger rooms rather than a squeeze
All five, ranked
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Gran Hotel Inglés
★★★★★4.7 from 972 reviews
- Spa
- Gym
- Restaurant
- Bar
- Parking
- Pet friendly
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2Four Seasons Hotel Madrid
★★★★★4.6 from 3,715 reviews
- Pool
- Spa
- Gym
- Restaurant
- Bar
- Parking
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3DoubleTree by Hilton Madrid - Prado
★★★★★4.7 from 1,070 reviews
- Spa
- Gym
- Restaurant
- Bar
- Kid friendly
- Air conditioning
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4JW Marriott Hotel Madrid
★★★★★4.6 from 484 reviews
- Spa
- Gym
- Restaurant
- Bar
- Parking
- Pet friendly
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5The Principal Madrid Hotel
★★★★★4.5 from 1,888 reviews
- Spa
- Gym
- Restaurant
- Bar
- Parking
- Kid friendly
How this list was put together
33 Madrid hotels qualify for this list. We ranked them on guest rating, then on class, and took the top five.
Two things decide these lists. The first is my own time in the city: every hotel on this page is one I have stayed in, walked into and looked at, or gone back to check. That is where the shortlist starts, and it is why some well reviewed places are not on it.
The second is the numbers, and those are what set the order. The rating and review count come from the big travel sites, pooled through Google, so a score here reflects Expedia, Booking, Hotels.com and the rest together rather than any one of them. I also read the review breakdown by topic, which is where the figures on service, breakfast and location come from. Hotels with fewer than forty reviews are left out altogether, because a rating that thin is not a rating. No more than two come from one neighbourhood.
What I do not do is move anyone up the order. The ranking is the guest score, highest first, and nobody pays to be on the list.
Distances are straight lines from published coordinates, so the real walk is a little longer. Amenities are as recorded by Google Hotels and can change without notice. Rates are an indicative nightly figure for a midweek autumn stay, not a quote. Check the booking page before you commit.
Luca Ferreira Spain and Portugal
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