Hotel AbaluvsHotel Puerta America Madrid
Both hotels are highly recommended by professional reviewers writing for major publications. Overall, Silken Puerta America is the choice of most reviewers compared to Hotel Abalu Madrid Centro. Silken Puerta America comes in at 85 with positive reviews from 12 reviews including Gayot, Condé Nast Traveler and concierge.com.
Hotel Abalu
Calle del Pez, 19, 28004 Madrid
From $74/night
- Pet Friendly
- Hot Tub
- Room Service
- Laundry Service
- Concierge
- Restaurant
Rough Guide
"This boutique hotel, which is a little north of Gran Vía, has some vibrant, individually designed rooms with individual touches such as mini-chandeliers, butterfly prints and patterned mirrors."
Lonely Planet
Top Choice
"Malasaña's very own boutique hotel is an oasis of style amid the barrio’s timeworn feel." Full review
Oyster
Upper-middle-range
"With 30 stylish, individually designed rooms... and extravagant amenities such as personal shoppers and Segway rentals, this small boutique could be a fun, quirky pick." Full review
Fodor's
"Abalú is a hotel that makes no apologies about its quirkiness." Full review
Hotel Puerta America Madrid Show All Reviews
Avenida de America 41, 28002 Madrid
From $140/night
- Bar/Lounge
- Hot Tub
- Free Internet
- Room Service
- Shuttle Bus
- Laundry Service
Michelin Guide
"Colourfully decorated and with numerous designer features... The guestrooms are very original in style."
Frommer's
"This unconventional hotel, part of the prestigious Silken group, is for design-addicts." Full review
Concierge
"Go here if you're looking for the visual-sensual experience of inhabiting premier architectural space."
Jetsetter
"From the moment this design hotel comes into view, you know you’re in for an extraordinary experience. The creative exterior is adorned with lines from Paul Eluard’s poem “Freedom” and a..." Full review
Travel + Leisure
"Blending the work of 19 world-renowned designers like Norman Foster and Ron Arad, this Salamanca hotel has 12 floors, each with a starkly different style." Full review
DK Eyewitness
"The 12 unique floors at the Puerta América were dreamt up by some of the world’s top architects and designers."
Condé Nast Traveler
99.6
"Any hotel designed by a posse of world-famous architects and interior designers will be either brilliant or cringingly gimmicky." Full review
Time Out
"The Puerta América will not be to all tastes, least of all, probably, those of the business travellers attracted by its proximity to the airport, but is a wonderland for design buffs." Full review
Star Service
"This rainbow-colored building shines out from the blocks of cement apartment buildings that surround it, making a solid impression before guests even get to the front door." Full review
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To really experience the hotel, try more than one floor during your stay, but be sure to ask for rooms in the front of the building.
Lonely Planet
Top Choice
"An extravagant pastiche of styles, from zany montages of 1980s chic to bright-red bathrooms that feel like a movie star’s dressing room... it's an extraordinary, astonishing place." Full review