After a long flight with no sleep and speaking no Spanish you want that welcome mat well, if the big man is there you won't get any love. He will barely tell you that in Spain the room key turns on the lights. That I had to find out from the cleaning ladies who by the way are really nice.... more

The 'Olano Hotel' as it's listed here is not really an hotel, but a block of apartments. Situated in a quiet residential street in a fairly traditional neighbourhood of Madrid that is experiencing plenty of interesting change as immigration to Spain increases, the apartments are all located in a seven-storey building of fairly recent construction. Ros de Olano is a... more