Axel Hotel Madrid - Adults Only

Axel was a fine hotel that has an amazing roof top view. If you are looking for a moderately priced hotel you will be fine with it. There was nothing glaringly wrong, it just felt underwhelming. Positives: the rooms where clean, the toiletries are great, there is a “heated” roof top pool ( we did swim one day with outside temps of 24), it’s also close to the main train station and some of the cultural sites (palace, plaza mayor, cathedral). It is also close to park retiro which is amazing for running, honestly that was probably my favorite part. A couple specifics problems to consider. It is “far” from the gay scene (if that is what you want), the beds are somewhat uncomfortable, the rooftop bar is not open and the furniture felt dated, Steam room smelled musty, also our room key seemed to need reprogrammed every time we came back to the hotel, and one time we had no power. The front desk was friendly and helpful and corrected the situations promptly.

Friendly staff and clean hotel.

It was so bad

The hotel is located very close to the center of Madrid. Perfectly located. Decoration is lovely and you get a beautiful view of the sunset from the sky terrace. If you are not travelling with kids I highly recommend.

Really friendly and helpful staff at reception desk. The location is fantastic in heart of old town. I would definitely stay there on next trip.