Name: Hotel Riu Plaza España
Address: Calle del Maestro Guerrero 28015, Madrid, ES
Price range: From $294

Hotel Riu Plaza España, MadridHotel Riu Plaza España in Madrid, Spain has a corrected score of 3.7 ± 0.2 (fair evidence, 3 of 4 platforms), ranked 84 of 278 hotels we score in Madrid. Its platform ratings, normalised to 0-5, average 3.8 before correction: Booking.com 4.0, Tripadvisor 4.1, Google 3.3. Rooms from about $294 a night (cached, not a live quote).Located in the Edificio España on Gran Vía, this four-star hotel serves both business travellers and tourists. The building contains 583 air-conditioned rooms across 27 floors. Facilities include a fitness centre, a restaurant, and a rooftop solarium with an outdoor swimming pool on the 20th floor. For corporate guests, the hotel provides a business centre and meeting rooms that hold up to 1,500 people. The site is close to Plaza España and the local metro station. While the hotel offers extensive event spaces and central access, the Google rating suggests some guests may find certain aspects of the experience inconsistent.What stands out

Rooftop pool and solarium

Large event and meeting facilities

Central Gran Vía location

On-site fitness centre

Watch out for

Lower Google review scores

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