Senator Barajas

The room was ready on arrival and despite being very busy, the check-in was very quick and easy. We were there for only one night and arrived at the hotel by taxi from Madrid Otocha railway station. Whilst there is a standard taxi charge of 30 euros to the airport the cost of this taxi as it was to a hotel outside of the airport was only 25 euros. There are free shuttles to (and from) the airport, time taken dependent on which terminal is used. It is a good idea to book the shuttle whilst booking in. The hotel is in a residential area so there are no bars/restaurants within a walk of the hotel. However there is a small shopping complex within the hotel area with bars and restaurants. There is also a small shop which didn't seem to have regular opening hours and when it did we found it didn't take credit cards. Breakfast, which is served in one of the larger restaurants and included in the cost of the room was very good and again service and choice was excellent as was the experience in the hotel coffee shop. We had lunch in one of the restaurants within the hotel, the 'El Caballo' which describes itself as a 'Taberna Andaluza', a perfect description of the menu. We ate outside with a large crowd of locals who obviously knew a bargain when they were offered one as the food and wine were very good, plentiful and reasonably priced. It was so good that we ate dinner there that night.

As would be expected from a hotel serving an airport there was a lot of noise during the night, something that can't be avoided unfortunately.