Holiday Inn Express , TresCantos, Madrid, Spain

Holiday Inn Express , Tres Cantos, Madrid, Spain

“The journey not the arrival matters.”

T.S. Eliot

We stayed in this hotel for 2 days in April 2019 during our trip to Madrid,Spain.

Positives:

• The hotel is located in a area very close to the main headquarters of the most important companies situated in Tres Cantos: GlaxoSmithkline, IBM, Serono, Sener, Danone, Sogecable, BDF Nivea, BP Solar, EADS, Software AG, Siemens, Deimos, Crisa. The hotel is also next to some industrial and Financial areas. So it’s a good option for a Business Trip.
• Free Wifi was provided.
• Madrid hotels are very expensive. So people tend to stay in such hotels away from city centre, even though you have to spend around 30-45 minutes in train to reach the main city.

Negatives:

• Its very far from the city center. You will have to walk around 500 m+ from the hotel to the railway station and from here you will have take a 30 minutes Train to reach the city center.
• The breakfast provided was very basic (I understand that its Holiday inn Express type of hotel)
• You don’t find much restaurants nearby. So lunch and Dinner becomes difficult.
• If what you are looking for is a hotel where you can spend a substantial part of your holiday, this is not your hotel. This one can be best described as a fantastic base to do your sleeping and having breakfast while spending most of your time out and about in the city.
• There is no facility like a Gym or a Swimming Pool (as it’s belongs to a IHG Express Category)

How to Reach from Airport:

Train (C1) from Airport Terminal T4 –> Chamartín Station –> Change Train –> Train (C4) from Chamartín to Trescantos –> Walk 500 m to Hotel (Total Trip will be around 1Hour 10 Min)

Train (8) from Airport Terminal T4 –> Nuevos Ministerios –> Change Train –> Train (C4) from Nuevos Ministerios to Trescantos -_> Walk 500 m to Hotel (Total Trip will be around 1Hour)