Expert reviews
“Now here’s something special. The views alone would be reason enough to come to this hotel and definitely worth paying extra for – rooms with balconies look out over the Palacio Real and Plaza de Oriente.”
What guests liked
- Spacious rooms
- Boutique style
- Friendly staff
- Excellent Wifi
- Top location
- Comfortable beds
All you need to know
This fine establishment is located on 2 Plaza de Oriente in the Madrid City Centre offering comfortable and satisfying room options for guests in the city.
Hostal Central Palace overlooks the Royal Palace giving guests a view of one of the most beautiful and interesting buildings in the city while the famous Sabatini Gardens is also located near the hotel creating the ideal tranquil oasis for guests.
Guests can make use of the quality services and facilities available in the hotel while the friendly staff in the hotel will ensure they immediately feel at home the moment guests step into the hotel premises.
The hotel holds the distinction of being the only hospitality center in the Plaza de Oriente Square, making it a favorite of tourists as well as travelers with business in the Royal Palace which is directly opposite the hotel.
The hotel offers lush room options such as Interior Single Room, Interior Double Room, Deluxe Double Room, Interior Deluxe Double Room and Interior Twin Room. All the hotel rooms are spacious and feature stylish classic décor and wooden floors, which gives the rooms the touch of elegance.
The hotel offers standard amenities such as free Wi-Fi for high-speed internet access, a flat-screen TV with satellite channels, air conditioning, a minibar and a private bathroom which features thoughtful additions such as a hairdryer, bathroom slippers, and bathrobes.
Staff reception is available to help with any tips on living in the city. Also, the staff reception is very friendly.
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Location
Recent guest reviews
6 July 2025
Excellent service and location.
The quality of the service provided.
Nothing
5 July 2025
A stunning, small hotel with beautiful views.
Beautiful period room overlooking the Royal Palace. Alina, the Manager was so helpful and a pleasure to talk to. She made us feel very welcome.
5 July 2025
Fabulous location in Madrid
The room was beautiful, and the view of the palace fantastic. From the moment the very friendly and professional Alina checked us in, all the staff were lovely. The room had everything we needed. The location was very central to walk wherever we wanted or to use the metro. We loved our stay at Hostal Central Palace.
For us, the beds were a little soft, but that is only our preference.
4 July 2025
Nice hotel, great location for exploring the city on foot, friendly and helpful staff.
Great location for exploring the city on foot. Very friendly welcome and a nice treat left in the fridge. Good size, clean and comfortable room with nice shower.
Nothing
3 July 2025
Fabulous
Very spacious room, very bright, spotless clean Very kind and friendly receptionist Airco was working perfectly I have stayed here in the past and the repeat experience was very good again
3 July 2025
Exceptional
Top price 👌
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3 July 2025
Super comfortable place
The room was extremely comfortable. Very soft mattress and pillows, slept like a baby. The amenities were very clean, and you really feel in home. Even welcome drink!
Nothing to declare :)
1 July 2025
A memorable stay in a lovely locality. Recommend!
Very central overlooking the Royal Palace and gardens and a short walk to all the main restaurants, markets and shopping facilities as well as the Museums. We were upgraded to a very comfortable spacious room. The Staff were charming and very helpful.
29 June 2025
Perfect
Beautiful location and a huge room. The private terrace made for a lovely end of the evening drinking spot.
Not much
27 June 2025
Great location, friendly staff, and comfortable room
Couldn't have asked for a better location! Walkable to everything we wanted to do, and the receptionist was extremely friendly and helpful! Could literally see the palace from our window.
Some of the hardware (i.e. towel hooks) in the bathroom were not securely fastened, and if we were staying more than one night, we would have like to have more than 1 set of towels for each person. Really minor complaints in comparison to overall stay
26 June 2025
Wonderful place to stay!
The room was lovely and the location was fabulous - right across from the Royal Palace. The staff were friendly and helpful.
All good!
26 June 2025
Great affordable hotel in perfect location opposite the Palace
Location was perfect. Looking out our balcony to the Palace. Lovely, comfortable and spacious room and staff were very kind and helpful.
Nothing
25 June 2025
We would stay again!
Wonderful spacious room in a charming old building with wooden beam ceilings and a view of the palace! Warm and friendly staff and the perfect location to explore the old part of Madrid. An excellent value!!
Nothing!
24 June 2025
Excellent
Excellent location at the center, with walking distance to all the attractions that Madrid has to offer.
24 June 2025
great
Great location easy to find staff very friendly and helpful
My only regret was not upgrading to a room with a view
22 June 2025
Nice location in Madrid in front of Royal palace and garden. Good restaurants and breakfast
Location and place was nice. Restaurants and breakfast bar area really good. Nice view from the windows in front of Royal palace and the garden of Royal Palace and Opera
The bed was not really comfortable and the fridge was not really freeze enough
21 June 2025
would stay here again
location was perfect for 2 nights for a first time visitor to Madrid
21 June 2025
Great central location, parking nearby, bars and food nearby, a perfect place to stay in Madrid
The best location for seeing Madrid, views over the Royal Palace and access to everything. Car park right next door, friendly staff, big rooms, lovely en-suite, bars and restaurants very close by and Plaza Mayor a 5 minute walk.
19 June 2025
Location. Location. Location
The location of this hotel is perfect. Everywhere is walkable. We had an interior room. It was huge and will appointed for all our needs on a 3 day trip
Nothing really. There was a tiny bit of noise from the interior courtyard
16 June 2025
Comfortable suite in the heart of beautiful Madrid
We stayed in the larger suite, overlooking the palace gardens. The location was fantastic, beside the Opera, where we had booked a show. Underground parking was very convenient directly in front of the hotel. Our picture shows the view from the window, overlooking the palace.
The hotel entrance is not obvious and requires navigating to a small door at the end of an entrance corridor in this shared building.
16 June 2025
Exceptional
The staff support & behavior: very very kind & smiling all the time. The view from the French windows
15 June 2025
Very good
Great location with easy access to the metro and a stone's throw to the palace and the beautiful gardens surrounding. Allina at the front desk could not have been more helpful during our stay with advice and recommendations to enhance our stay
A couple of minor issues with the room such as some lights not working and a faulty safety deposit box
13 June 2025
Very good
Excellent location opposite Palace.very large spacers room
Room was large but minimistic some drawers and a dressing table would be very useful
12 June 2025
Lovely place in pleasant area
Great view. Clean. Lovely helpful staff. Nice part of the city
N/A
10 June 2025
We'll be back
Did exactly what it said on the tin and more!!
10 June 2025
Exceptional
Amazing location, friendly and helpful staff, Alina was really great and couldn’t be more helpful, beautiful property, just steps to the palace. Well worth paying a little extra to have that view 😍
7 June 2025
Why would you stay anywhere else?
We think the location is the very best in central Madrid. It is on the most beautiful plaza in the city and looks straight at the royal palace.
We had a top floor apartment which got a bit warm but the aircon was very effective. The top location means a higher price.
5 June 2025
Fabulous
Location, bed, cleanliness, wonderful staff
Toilet roll, nicer shower cream might have been nice.
3 June 2025
Exceptional
Clean and friendly
3 June 2025
Perfect location for visiting Madrid
- Location was really perfect. - Opera metro station in 200m from hotel. - Staff is great, they were so helpfull especially Alina. - Great breakfast in front of hotel for 10€ with voucher.
- water pressure in the shower
2 June 2025
We had a beautiful view of the Royal Palace. Fantastic location. Staff were exceptional.
Location was excellent. Staff was very friendly and helpful.
The pillows could have been thicker. We had trouble latching our door.
1 June 2025
Exceptional
property location and staff
1 June 2025
Good value for money.
Excellent location. Friendly and efficient staff. The single room is not ideal but the location and staff made up for it.
Wifi in the room was not stable.
31 May 2025
Great central hotel.
Great location with superb staff.
31 May 2025
This is a place with old world charm in a fabulous location.
Loved the location, Alina was as helpful throughout, interesting room in a historic building, wonderful breakfast, and very quiet with no cars around!
29 May 2025
Amazing
It was so nice that we had a beautiful room with an amazing view of the Royal Palace. The location was perfect for getting to many sites
28 May 2025
Fairly fine
Location
Some noise from the street, no car allowed to the property, so walking a couple of blocks with luggage for airport dropping. Also no breakfast included. Price is pretty high for a night.
26 May 2025
Beautiful facilities
Friendliness of staff, location and view, comfort
Noisy. Make sure windows are tightly closed at night to block noise.
25 May 2025
The Staff & location of this property is/are exceptional.
The location. The Staff.
The lift has limited carrying capacity. Stairs in the room, but probably unavoidable. Limited signage identifying property making it difficult to initially locate.
25 May 2025
Fabulous
Fantastic location opposite the Royal Palace and surrounded by great restaurants serving delicious Spanish dishes. Super friendly and helpful staff. Highly recommended.
When booking request a room with an external view of the palace. While internal rooms are good they have no views other than the internal building well.
25 May 2025
Stylish hotel in a great location
Location is brilliant , stylish room, super helpful and friendly staff
The bathroom was quite small and a bit smelly
25 May 2025
Amazing staff and prime location!
Staff were absolutely amazing! They waited up for me to arrive after my plane was delayed. The room was exactly what I needed and truly in a prime location.
N/a
24 May 2025
Couldn’t ask for a better place to be
Everything was perfect. The staff are incredibly attentive; the room was so spacious, bright and airy; comfortable bed; beautiful and opulent property; and the restaurant is to die for. No better place to be when in Madrid. Felt like a royal gazing upon the royal palace from my own balcony.
That I couldn’t stay longer.
24 May 2025
Fantastic hotel in fabulous Madrid!
Beautiful hotel! Great location, delicious breakfast, wonderful staff! Highly recommended!
24 May 2025
Very good
You can enjoy the Royal Palace view from the roof top if you book the panorama view room. They have welcome water and cava for guest. Room is big!
No washing machine. No pantry. Don't take the 10 Euro breakfast they jointly offer with the restaurant downstair. Food is bad although the restaurant's decoration is beautiful.
22 May 2025
Superb location, I would definitely add extra money to have a room with a view.highly recommend the property
The location was amazing and the staff were incredibly helpful and kind
Can’t think of anything specific. Just the pillow was a little hard but that’s personal!
22 May 2025
Lovely hotel in an excellent position to explore Madrid.
Hotel has excellent position next to Palacio Real. The Opera metro is also close by, but we walked to all the sites from the hotel. The breakfast voucher for 10€ got you an excellent breakfast in the well-known Cafe de Orient downstairs. The room with Palace View had a wonderful vista of the palace and gardens. The staff were lovely too. They were happy to look after our bags on the last day.
Nothing worth mentioning.
20 May 2025
Exceptional
Very friendly host and lovely room
19 May 2025
Ideal location in central Madrid with a beautiful spacious room.
Stunning location. A huge room , beautifully decorated.
Hotel facilities
Services
- - 24-hour front desk
- - Tour desk
- - Concierge service
- - Daily housekeeping
General
- - Non-smoking rooms
- - Lift
- - Safety deposit box
- - Soundproof rooms
- - Heating
- - Non-smoking throughout
- - Air conditioning
Miscellaneous
- - 24-hour security
- - Key access
- - CCTV outside property
- - Fire extinguishers
- - Access to health care professionals
Reception services
- - Invoice provided
6 July 2025
Convenient location, quiet and nice overall