“Commuting into Madrid”

I picked this hotel because I had a rental car to return in the morning and all Expedia Madrid hotels near rental agency were booked. This place was clean, and convenient to the A-42 highway into Madrid from the South. The beds were more comfortable than in the hotel that cost twice as much the night before. The bathroom was spotless. T he front desk guys were very helpful with a television cable that was not working (fixed immediately) and directions in Spanish or pretty good English. (My Spanish is passable but not fluent.) There were also a couple of decent restaurants with moderate prices. This is not a great "neighborhood "- very industrial looking... could have been in NE Denver, does NOT look like my idea of Spain - but we felt safe walking back to the hotel on a Saturday night.

“Far if you are visiting Madrid”

Parla is a little town where not much happens. It is not convenient if what you want is to enjoy Madrid. It's about 10 euros in taxi to the Renfe train station or a 2km walk. Round-trip to Madrid in the train is usually around 4.20 euros daily and it is about an hour trip each way, wasting precious vacation time. If you want to enjoy nightlife after midnight at Madrid then you either pay about 35 euros for a taxi back to Parla or you wait until 5 am to take the first train back. Other than that there is no parking in Madrid if you were to rent a car. It seems the hotel main customers are warner bros weekends visitors. Breakfast is ok. McDonald's is across the street too. There is a good Gallego Restaurant with a great entrecot called el Opazo de Hugo nearby.