Free lobby Wi-Fi a restaurant and the Prado Museum one-and-a-half miles away are top features for our guests at the Gran Hotel Velazquez which also boasts a location near Calle de Serrano shopping. The eight-floor Gran Hotel has 143 rooms warmly decorated in French country style and offering desks in-room safes minibars Wi-Fi (for a fee in rooms; free in public spaces) satellite TV and comfy beds with thick mattresses. Suites have sofas. Fill up for your day on the town with the breakfast buffet available for a fee. The restaurant also serves Spanish and international cuisine for lunch and dinner. The hotel has a business center and a sunny courtyard. Covered parking and an airport shuttle are available for a fee. The Gran Hotel Velazquez is in the Salamanca district on Calle de Velazquez a short stroll from Calle de Serrano shopping. The Velazquez Metro station is three blocks southeast and the Serrano Metro station is four blocks southwest. The Parque del Retiro is five-and-a-half blocks south and the Prado Museum and Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum are one-and-a-half miles south. Madrid-Barajas Airport is seven miles northeast.