Hostal Tirso Plaza

+Perfect location immediately next to metro (line 1) Tirso de Molina (entrance only a couple of hundred meters from the building). Most of the main sights walkable, around 1 - 2 kilometers away (e.g. Royal Palace, Prado Museum, Templo de Debod, Parque de el Retiro with Palacio Cristal). Many food joints close by (!!FREE TIP: Cheapest and most exotic food at Lavapies district very close by and the closest inexpensive and great food joint is a Moroccan called "El Bahía" where we ate three stomachs full at the rate of less than 25eur. Check the google/yandex maps, it's almost next to the hotel)

-The hallway of our section of the building had so strong perfumes there that it'd take down an elephant give it would fit in to breath in a couple of minutes. There are at least two sections where the other one (rooms 4-8, if I remember correctly) is at the back with a separate staircase leading there. That's the one with the 'scents'. It's very silent, though. The perfumes were dispensed by some (timer triggered?) little bottle thingy on the wall. It's better in the rooms. *The receptionist needed to call a translator or something as she only spoke Spanish and our poco español didn't convince her that she got the message (how to use the room, check out without bothering the receptionist etc.) through in a satisfactory fashion. This is not a minus, really, just a bit odd with "we speak your language" hotel.