Hello Everyone,<BR>Has anyone ever stayed at Hostal Tijcal in Madrid?<BR>Any comments would be much appreciated.<BR>Thanks,<BR>Maria

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Maria,<BR>Try the message board at www.madridman.com and the Grafitti board for the Spain/Portugal Rick Steves guide at <BR>www.ricksteves.com/graffiti/graffiti66.html<BR>I've seen the Tijcal mentioned on both-some negative reviews on Rick Steves.

Hi Mar&iacute;a. (Angel, thanks for the "pointer")<BR><BR>I just did a SEARCH on our message board and found the following (among others) posting of feedback about Hostal TIJCAL (web: http://www.HostalTijcal.com ):<BR><BR>[quote]<BR>posted 01-05-2001:<BR>Just came back after spending 6 nights in this hostal. I had a double room with private bathroom for 7.750 ptas. If you pay in cash they'll give you a 5% discount. The reception area is on the 3rd floor and there is a lift. After the reception area there was another set of stairs that we had to go through to get to our room. <BR>The room and bathroom were clean. It had the bed, an armoire, 2 chairs, a nightstand, another small table with a safe (100ptas to use), and a small balcony with a street view (calle Zaragoza). You could also see one of the entrances to the Plaza Mayor. The bed, a matrimony bed, was kind of hard (firm), but it was the biggest in size from all the other hotels that I stayed in (Plaza D'ort in Madrid, La R&aacute;bida in Sevilla, and Maci&aacute; Gran V&iacute;a in Granada).<BR><BR>This hostal used to be Hostal Montalvo and aparently it has been recently renovated and the name changed to T.I.J.C.A.L, an acronym for something which I forgot.<BR>Excellent location and staff.<BR>[end quote]<BR>-------<BR><BR>Saludos, MadridMan<BR>---<BR>Visit MadridMan's Yankee Home Page &<BR>MadridMan's ALL SPAIN (NOT just Madrid!) Message Board @<BR>http://www.MadridMan.com

Thanks Madridman/Angel for your replies,<BR>I heard baout this hostal from Margo classe's book "Hello Spain". I'm glad you gave it good reviews. I am still trying to decide whether I want to stay in a hostal or in a hotel. I found rates for Tryp Capitol that are even cheaper than this hostal & I am considering this as my best option.<BR>Any thoughts on this hotel?<BR>Thank you,<BR>Maria