La Vera Cheap Vacations

Good hotel, central area. Clean room and bathroom.

Basically a run down 3 star howard johnsons style hotel in a 5 star location. The Riu is famous for its rooftop city views on social media so the hotel is rammed with tourists taking selfies and management is therefore able to coast on that. In reality facilities are worn down and inadequate - a tiny metal bathtub of a pool, tiny elevators, generic high traffic furnishings, cheap breakfast; no toiletries like toothbrushes etc provided. Our room stank of mildew. Service is low quality and suspicious: you must pay as you go for room service and restaurants; doormen are mostly focused on security, not hospitality; and visitors to your room must get their ID scanned before entry is allowed. This tells you something about their assessment of the people who stay there.

Spatious, modern and elegant with an excellent location.

Perfecto

Amazing location. Close to everything. Full amenities, multiple roof top terraces, bars, live music everyday, great pool and gym. Staff are super helpful and welll trained. Beautifully designed interior with many quiet spaces to hang out and lounge around. The incredible music staff arranged a private vinyl player and vinyl records from their quite large selection of vinyls brought to the room, 10/10!!!! Well worth it to stay a few nights to give you the ability to easily and hassle free access the full Madrid experience.

pool with beautiful sunset

Good hotel, central area. Clean room and bathroom.

Nothing much else to say but this is an amazing property, fantastic location, stunning interior and staff simply brilliant. Would ONLY book to stay here again if we returned to Madrid.

Very helpful, attentive staff. Wonderful room, bed, everything super clean. Fabulous breakfast, lots of fruit, vegetables, meats, pastries, juices etc. A very quiet hotel, just two blocks from the busiest parts of Madrid, Puerta del Sol and Gran Via. It is now my place to stay while in Madrid. Extremely helpful, courteous staff.

Basically a run down 3 star howard johnsons style hotel in a 5 star location. The Riu is famous for its rooftop city views on social media so the hotel is rammed with tourists taking selfies and management is therefore able to coast on that. In reality facilities are worn down and inadequate - a tiny metal bathtub of a pool, tiny elevators, generic high traffic furnishings, cheap breakfast; no toiletries like toothbrushes etc provided. Our room stank of mildew. Service is low quality and suspicious: you must pay as you go for room service and restaurants; doormen are mostly focused on security, not hospitality; and visitors to your room must get their ID scanned before entry is allowed. This tells you something about their assessment of the people who stay there.

Spatious, modern and elegant with an excellent location.