Flat-panel TVs a lobby bar and the Royal Palace a mile south make it a deal for our guests at the Gran Hotel Sercotel Conde Duque which also has a tea room. The eight-floor hotel has 143 rooms offering minibars laptop-compatible safes desks Wi-Fi and flat-panel TVs. Some rooms have jetted tubs. Non-smoking rooms are available. Tea aficionados take note: the hotel has a tea room with 70 different types of tea. Also on-site are a reading room breakfast buffet (for a fee) a lobby bar with Spanish wines and a snack bar with the occasional live DJ. Guests enjoy free access to a nearby fitness center. Pets are allowed at the hotel for a fee. Parking is also available for a fee. The Gran Hotel Sercotel Conde Duque is in the Chamberi district just north of the Calle de Albert Aguilera and a block from the San Bernardo Metro station. The Plaza de España and Royal Palace are one mile south and the Plaza Mayor is one-and-a-half miles south. The Prado Museum is less than two miles southeast. Madrid-Barajas Airport is eight miles from the hotel.