Hotel Barcelo Torre Arias

East of Madrid, in a rather working-class area, 15 minutes from the city centre. The closest metro station is Ciudad Lineal (line 5). Madrid-Barajas airport is located only 3 mi away, which is a 10-minute journey.

Those who enjoy keeping fit should not miss out on spending some time in the gym, offering the very latest equipment. You can also go and relax in the sauna. The Barcelo Torre Aria is not in the city centre. You have to go to the Cuidad Linéal metro station and walk for 10 minutes to reach the hotel.

Accommodation Advice

This hotel has 4 connecting rooms (one per floor), which are good for families. Those wanting more comfort should choose one of the 4 junior suites (also one per floor).

A member of the Barcelo hotel chain, the Barcelo Torra Arias is a modern building with 4 floors, containing 108 rooms. It has a very designer lobby bar, an excellent restaurant whose setting is just as designer, and a sauna and a gym with very modern equipment.

The rooms of the Barcelo Torre Arias are designer, comfortable, and very well equipped: telephone, flat screen satellite television showing 20 channels, discrete individual air conditioning, mini-bar, and a safe with an electronic code (used for free) which is spacious enough to fit a lap top inside. Equipped with a parquet floor and light grey wallpaper decorated with a large, black and white, framed photo, they have a desk, a king size bed and a large, designer, cylinder-shaped lamp. All of the rooms enjoy free wireless internet connection, and room service is available 24 hours a day. The bathroom is clean and well-equipped, with a bathtub with two handles, and a flexible shower (some of them only have a shower), toilets, a radiator, telephone, elaborate welcome products, tooth brushing and shaving kits, cotton buds, a comb and a professional hair dryer; basically, you needn't bring your toiletry bag. Situated in the building's corners, the 4 junior suites (one per floor) are more spacious (30m²), and have a double basin, a one person sofa bed, scales, a CD player, bathrobes and slippers.

The El Hayedo restaurant offers varied cuisine, from dishes that are typical of the Madrid area to various Mediterranean dishes. Breakfast is served in the form of a buffet between 7.00 am and 10.30 am. Lunch is served between 1.30 pm and 4.00 pm in the form of a buffet or a la carte, and dinner is served between 8.00 pm and 11.00 pm and is only available a la carte. There is no lunch service at the weekend. Between 11.00 am and midnight, the bar in the lobby offers numerous cocktails in its designer atmosphere, with a large screen plasma television.