Deciding where to sleep in Madrid can be a difficult task. There are hundreds and hundreds of places to spend a night and many are very competitive in location and price. Should you stay in a hotel, hostel, or youth-hostel? Only you can decide this, but I have listed below a complete collection (and growing) of Madrid hostels on the internet for those who are looking for merely an inexpensive, clean, and safe place to stay while in Madrid. Afterall, you're not in Spain's capital city to SLEEP!!
One can read reviews and recommendations of MANY Madrid hostels in the "Hostels & Other Lodgings" forum of MadridMan's ALL SPAIN Message Board. Please utilize the SEARCH function with specific keywords in order to find previously posted reviews of any given hostel.
What is a hostel? In Spain and Latin America, hostels are usually very quaint (small), family owned and operated budget hotels and can be found in some of the most historical, interesting, and active parts of Madrid at very good prices. One should not confuse hostels in Spain with youth-hostels. In Spain, youth-hostels are called "albergues juveniles" in Spanish while hostels are called "hostales".
WHERE to stay? Recommended area of lodging in Madrid is the Old city center including Puerta del Sol, Plaza Mayor, Gran Vía, & Huertas neighborhood. Huertas is located about halfway between Puerta del Sol and the El Prado Museum, still walkable to the tourist areas, is less touristy but has MANY many hostels, wonderful tapas bars, and a real feel of "Old Madrid" with its narrow, jumbled street layout. The busy Puerta del Sol, Gran Vía, & Plaza Mayor areas are "where the action is". This is the tourist center of Old Madrid with easy, on-foot access to all touristic places to visit. Should you decide to stay outside of "Old Madrid", not to worry because the city is VERY WELL connected via metro.
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