Hotel Ópera

Leave the Teatro Real and be in bed in five minutes

Hotel Ópera is on Cuesta de Santo Domingo, 100 metres from the Teatro Real, 150 from the Royal Palace and 400 from Puerta del Sol. It is a four-star in the Austrias district, and its appeal is that: if you come for a performance, the Palace visit or a stroll round Plaza de Oriente, everything is just round the corner. Ópera metro station (L2 and L5) is 140 metres away.

On its website, the single is advertised from €84 a night and the standard double from €95. The doubles are all exterior, with one or two beds depending on availability. There are doubles with an extra bed from €128, triples from €187 and quadruples from €215, with separate bath and shower and views of the Teatro Real and the Palace. On the eighth floor are the rooms with a terrace and whirlpool bath under a glass dome, with views over the centre.

Dinner at the hotel or next door

The hotel has its own café, the Café de la Ópera, with a coffee shop and terrace. Room service runs from 13:00 to 16:00 and in the evening until 22:30 from Sunday to Thursday, and until 23:30 on Fridays and Saturdays.

The gym and Finnish sauna, paid and by reservation, are not in this building but in another hotel of the same company, about 50 metres away; for over-18s only.

Practical details

Check-in is at 15:00 and check-out at 12:00; for a later departure, ask at reception, where they speak Spanish, English, German, French and Italian. There is left luggage and adapted rooms, which you request when booking. Pets are not allowed, though small ones should be enquired about. If you come by car, the hotel has no garage: it refers you to the Descalzas Reales car park, with a discount for guests, and the Plaza de Oriente one, for about €27 a day.