A stay at Latroupe Prado places you in the heart of Madrid, within a 10-minute walk of El Retiro Park and National Prado Museum. This hotel is 1 mi (1.6 km) from Puerta del Sol and 1.1 mi (1.7 km) from Plaza Mayor.
Take in the views from a terrace and make use of amenities such as complimentary wireless internet access and a communal living room.
At Latroupe Prado, enjoy a satisfying meal at the restaurant. Wrap up your day with a drink at the bar/lounge. Buffet breakfasts are available daily from 7:30 AM to 10:30 AM for a fee.
Featured amenities include a 24-hour front desk, multilingual staff, and laundry facilities.
Make yourself at home in one of the 65 air-conditioned guestrooms. Complimentary wireless internet access is available to keep you connected. Bathrooms feature showers with rainfall showerheads.
"What a cocky place.
It’s a hostel, but there’s no kitchen. Since they have a restaurant, I guess the expectation is that guests eat there.
They charge €5 for early check-in, even if you arrive just one hour early. They also charge for luggage storage, with the price depending on the size of your luggage.
As of 21 August, there’s construction directly opposite the hostel, on the train station side. They start early, so be prepared to wake up to construction noise.
But the biggest issue for me was how unnecessarily inefficient the check-in process is.
They send you a link to complete check-in, but even though your reservation is already fully paid, they still collect your credit card details. Huh? I’ve never encountered this at a hostel. One of the reasons I book through booking platforms is precisely so I don’t have to hand over my card details to every individual property. Apparently, this hostel believes it can protect my data better than the big booking platforms. 🤷♀️
And then: I arrived one hour early and completed the check-in process at the front desk. I went out for lunch ( because they asked me to pay 5 eur for early check-in), and when I came back, there was a queue for check-in again. Completely ridiculous and unnecessarily inefficient.
To be fair, it’s a fancy-looking hostel in a convenient location, very close to the train station, with plenty of nice restaurants around.
But for me, the whole experience felt unnecessarily money-focused and inefficient. Fancy doesn’t automatically mean good hospitality."