Offering hotel accommodations in the Salamanca neighborhood of Madrid, hotel guests at the Gran Hotel Velazquez are afforded access to two restaurants, enhanced guest services, and ample corporate/leisure amenities.
Hotel Features
The Gran Hotel Velazquez features classic style with a lobby ensconced in marble and accented with statues and a winding staircase. Dining facilities on site include two restaurants. Las Estatuas features Mediterranean cuisine, and El Rocio offers classic Andalusia dishes of rice and fish. A bar, salon, and souvenir shop are available in the hotel. Enhanced guest services at the Gran Hotel Velazquez include babysitting, secretarial assistance, guided tours and left luggage services. The six meeting rooms at Gran Hotel Velazquez provide facilities for groups of over 400 attendees for corporate or social events. A parking garage is available for guests’ use for a fee.
Guestrooms
Guest accommodations at this Madrid hotel include 143 traditional guestrooms and 73 hotel suites. All accommodations are equipped with satellite television and wireless Internet access. Private bathrooms feature bathtubs with hydro-massage showerheads. Thoughtful extras, including bathrobes, a hair dryer, and a shaving mirror, are included in the guest units. Select rooms offer balconies. Guestrooms are air conditioned, and offer individually-controlled heating.
Hotel Location
The standout feature of this hotel is its ideal location in the Salamanca district of Madrid, a well-known commercial center of the city. Guests are afforded an excellent base from which to access the financial, political and commercial districts of Spain’s capitol city. The Gran Hotel Velasquez is just eight minutes from the popular city square Puerta del Sol in the very heart of Madrid, and 14 kilometers from the Madrid Barajas International Airport.
