Arc House Madrid - Puerta del Sol Only Adults

I loved that the private rooms were on their own separate floor but I could still access the common spaces to socialize with other guests. The shared kitchen and bathrooms were also kept impeccably clean and the room itself was very comfortable and had a balcony overlooking the street below. The hostal is about a 2 minute walk from the Sol station and very well connected with all of the best that Madrid has to offer. I had an amazing stay and would definitely return the next time I'm in town.

I only spent one night at the Arc House in Madrid, but I got a good impression of it. It is a fairly spacious, clean hostel with comfortable common areas, friendly and accommodating staff, a kitchen and plenty of bathrooms and showers. The furnishings and finishes are not elaborate, everything is done with functionality and good taste, and you don't notice any deficiencies. It is located in Puerta del Sol, right in the epicentre of all social, cultural and commercial activities in Madrid, a point of great tourist appeal. The prices it charges are cheap, accessible even to the traveller with the most modest budget. It is not easy to run this type of hostel, the location and low prices attract the sort of clientele that, instead of using hostels as a mean to visit the world, to seek more permanent accommodation, work and better living conditions, to improve their education and culture without spending a fortune, spend their time instead in cheap bars and budget hostels, bringing nothing useful but their own mental mess. On the other hand, the Arc House in Puerta del Sol has a sober and tidy ambience, to great credit of those who work there, as they manage to maintain order and cleanliness, a tourist connotation of lodging which allows travellers to find a familiar environment, and a strong and vital identity that remains intact in spite of the continuous changes to which it is exposed due to structure, location and competition.

There was a clean and elegant TV room. Also, the kitchen had a proper cooktop and refrigerator space.

Everything was clean and location is key

The facilities, the bed was awesome and the common room was fantastic! Staff let me drop my bag off at 8am to watch in a locked room until my checkin.