There is no deny that Madrid have been improving their luxury hotels offer. Until recently, the city was lacking a handful of options for high demand clientele. Luckily things are changing and since Four Seasons Madrid (@fsmadrid) opened their doors in Spain, other luxury branches are slowly coming in to the scene.
Four Seasons Madrid is located in the Canalejas Gallery, a completely renovated building in the inside but keeping the magnificent facade. Canalejas Gallery is a food hall and have somo designer shops such as Cartier and Hermès. The property has 200 rooms and suites in total and also private residences.
Location
Four Seasons Madrid is perfectly situated as you are near the city centre and in 15 minute walk you could reach the city’s most exclusive shopping street Serrano. If you don’t fancy walking, a Porsche can get you to Serrano without any cost, something convenient, but sometimes waiting is neccessary. A taxi stop is just in front of the hotel and also uber works fairly well.
The Hotel
The hotel interiors are finely curated with an elegance and minimal touch. Hotel lobby have a coffee and snack bar, but the most amazing thing is the glass window on the ceiling, very beautiful. A charming staircase will lead you to the hotel bar, a place to have some drinks during the night. The hotel gym is amazing and fully eqquiped with muscle machines, weights and cardio machines. The Spa is a great place to chill, with a big interior pool and a little terrace with sunbeds.
The Room: Premier Terrace Room
I’ve stayed in different rooms at Four Seasons Madrid but I’ll review my stay at the Premier Terrace Room facing Alcalá street and in the 6th floor. Sadly, I have mixed feelings about this room. The room is fantastic, very luminous and spacious, the champagne and beige colours with a touch of yellow and some wood furnitures makes the room very cosy and luxurious. This room had a big terrace furnished with some outdoor chairs and a mini table. The bathrooom have two sinks—which I always love— a shower and a bath.
Everything in the room is well thought: they provide you with USB ports in the night table, curtains are motorized and the tablet service is one of the most genius things that I think more hotels should implement. How many times have you ordered something by the phone and did’t come exactly what you oredered? Also, being able to contact the hotel from their app at any time and any place is such a blessing. There is a nice work table, a big tv, a BOSE loudspeaker where you can connect your phone and listen to music. Don’t worry as the room is soundproof. Coffee machine with Lavazza capsules and different kinds of teas are also complementary.
The Bad of Premier Terrace Room
Now, what I didn’t like about this room?
The first thing me was that there wasn’t a proper dinning table in the room. The table outside is not big enough to fit your food and since you don’t have a dinning table inside, eating in your room is a headache.
The second thing is that you have no privacy in the terrace. There are no plants trying to preserve your own space. If you have a neighbour and both are in the terrace, you won’t feel comfortable. The third thing is that terrace lacks some kind of sunshade or rainproof roof. So forget about having lunch outside if its sunny and when it rains, it is also useless.
Lastly, the noise. You won’t hear your neighbour but you are under the rooftop restaurant. You’ll hear from 7 am till they close footsteps and waiters running around.
Food at Four Seasons Madrid
Food at Four Seasons is fantastic. High-quality products and exquisite presentation. Dani’s restaurant (you can check my review here) at the rooftop is quite good and is where you’ll have breakfast at morning if you don’t whant to order in-room. They have improved breakfast and recently made available a buffet too.
Do I recommend this room?
While the hotel is amazing and I recommend it, the price of the Premier Terrace Room isn’t worth it. I’m happy staying at other category rooms that don’t have the perks that I stated above.
I think this room is not up to its full potential. I was a bit dissappointed, specially when they offered this room with such enthusiasm. The other rooms aren’t this big but they are spacious too, and I don’t think I’d miss anything this room offers other than the two sinks in the bathroom.
