Meeting Point

Last summer I ventured out to Europe by myself. My arrival destination was Madrid, I was to spend a week there and then head to Northern Spain for my Study Abroad Program. Needless to say that I was on a student budget and decided to try out the whole hostel situation. Before I left, people told me horrible stories about hostels, theft, dirtyness, etc etc.
I arrived to Madrid on a Wednesday morning, took the metro from the airport to Opera. I was able to ask the information booth at the airport directions, they provided me with a metro map. The ride was simple, as I got on one metro and didn’t get off until Opera. From Opera I walked down Calle Vergara and eventually found Calle del Factor. The guy at the front desk was extremely helpful. He helped me carry my suitcases to my room and gave me a tour of the hostel. I stayed in an 8 person room. I was given a key for the locker and for the room.
The room was decorated very nicely and very clean. For the most part the hostel was very quiet, during my first stay I didn’t hear a lot of people around … but most of the rooms were taken. There were two different shower options, one had one shower and one toilet, there was another one where there were about 3 different showers and two different toilets. These are all unisex, and there is one I believe that was for both.
cute fact: they have a bookshelf along one of the hallways, if you’re bored you can go and get a book for a quick read.
There’s free breakfast with your stay, in the lower floor there is a small kitchen where they set out the breakfast essentials in the morning, there is also a small lounge for people to hang out, I believe they have karaōke there sometimes.
There’s also free wi-​fi throughout the hotel, sometimes the wifi connection was not very strong however (although I stayed both times in the room closest to the front desk) so I had to use my laptop out in the front. But there were other people there and the TV was going, so it wasn’t too much of a hassle.
You can also «rent’ a small laptop with wifi for 2 euro every 15 minutes I believe.
The staff is very helpful, they provided me with directions to different places that I wanted to visit and they give you clean towels, etc when you get there.
The location of the hostel is great, from there I was able to walk to puerta del sol (about a 10 minute walk) and the nearest metro stop was 5 minutes away so it was very easy to get around Madrid. The hostel is located behind the Royal Palace of Madrid, an amazing site to visit and the price for the hostel is definitely a steal for such a great place.
The only thing I would say is. … watch out for a homeless guy that likes to spend his time on the side of the hostel near the grass. I saw him there throughout my two stays (about a month and a half apart) he never tried to do anything, but he just seems kind of sketchy.
They also offer the option of taking care of your luggage for the day when you checkout, the second time that I was there I checked out on Sunday morning, left my luggage there and went to watch the Eurocup Final at El Santiago Bernabeau, came back paid about 5 euro, got my luggage and was on my way to Barcelona.
I definitely recommend and will be back at Meeting Point on my next visit to Madrid.