Nationality Stayed Gender Age Group Overall Rating Portugal 4th September 2008 Female 25-30 3/5 Comments: I liked this hostal and I recommended it to everyone who wants to stay near Madrid, because this hostal it's near Gran Via. In Spain breakfasts are poor. Here it is poor but you have cereals, cakes, coffee,milk, tea and juice. Ýou have internet but it is not free!!! I paid 2 euros for just one hour!!

Nationality Stayed Gender Age Group Overall Rating England 9th August 2008 Male 41+ 4/5 Comments: Excellent central location just across road from metro, fast food and tourist bus stop.

Nationality Stayed Gender Age Group Overall Rating Chile 22nd July 2008 Female 25-30 3/5 Comments: Podrían orientar a los turistas respecto a como facilitar el acceso a zonas turisticas

Nationality Stayed Gender Age Group Overall Rating USA 6th July 2008 Female 18-24 3/5 Comments: La Fontana was great. The place had a lot of character and was in a perfect location right in the middle of the city near the metro. Only one staff member spoke a little English. The room was big, the bathroom was small - but were clean but smelled of smoke. We rarely ever saw any other guests, but would stay there again.

Nationality Stayed Gender Age Group Overall Rating Russia 11th May 2008 Couple 41+ 4/5 Comments: Very good place for staying. Excellent location, clean rooms.

Nationality Stayed Gender Age Group Overall Rating Australia 26th May 2008 Couple 18-24 4/5 Comments: The location of this place was really good. Right in the centre, but the "included breakfast" consisted of cake and biscuits with cereal. The staff were lovely.

Nationality Stayed Gender Age Group Overall Rating Finland 4th May 2008 Female 31-40 4/5 Comments: For a budget-traveller an excellent place to stay; safe, clean, peacefull and a great location to see the city. Nevermind that the area was a bit "interesting" or that the spanish breakfast is/was something else than what I eat at home.. and the spanish way of speaking english means not to know how to speak.. that all was alright because I came to experience Spain and that I did also in Hostel Fontana! Thank you!

Nationality Stayed Gender Age Group Overall Rating - 14th April 2008 Male 41+ 3/5 Comments: I recommend the staff to answer e-mails. I asked them twice to confirm my email from Peru in which I asked them to change my reservation. Staff changed the reservation, but never confirmed

Nationality Stayed Gender Age Group Overall Rating Denmark 4th April 2008 Couple 41+ 2/5 Comments: Extremely noise and extremely small rooms

Nationality Stayed Gender Age Group Overall Rating Australia 13th March 2008 Couple 25-30 3/5 Comments: The hostel room is a little bit small, and the staffs don't talk much, but I like it this way because I think they may respect my privacy. The location is perfect, in the center of Madrid.

Nationality Stayed Gender Age Group Overall Rating Argentina 28th January 2008 Couple 18-24 2/5 Comments: The hostel is ok but the staff is not very helpfull at all. They are not spanish so they dont guide you at all about what to do and how to do it in the city. The check in and check out are both at 12, so we had to wait until they cleaned the room (which they did very poorly). Breakfast is very bad.. We wouldnt go back.

Nationality Stayed Gender Age Group Overall Rating Brazil 26th January 2008 Couple 18-24 2/5 Comments: Breakfast is terrible, very poor!!!

Nationality Stayed Gender Age Group Overall Rating Italy 6th January 2008 Couple 31-40 3/5 Comments: that's incredible that the staff - in 3.rd millennium!!! - speaks ONLY spanish!!! Please, let you study languages!

Nationality Stayed Gender Age Group Overall Rating Scotland 30th November 2007 Male 41+ 2/5 Comments: Must say I was VERY dissapointed with this hotel. Communication with the non-English speaking male on arrival was impossible, checking in must have taken 20 frustrating minutes (and I still don't have a reciept for my payment!). Great location. The `breakfast` is VERY poor, I think a good breakie can set you up for a busy day, best eat elsewhere. The pc monitor can be overlooked by anyone at the reception desk so is not private enough to use properly. They also need to discover fabric freshener.

Nationality Stayed Gender Age Group Overall Rating USA 23rd November 2007 Couple 18-24 4/5 Comments: staff speaks no english. location is excellent and is just minutes from puetra del sol and the main madrid nightlife scene. resturants and supermarkets located close by. rooms cleaned daily.

Nationality Stayed Gender Age Group Overall Rating USA 20th November 2007 Male 41+ 4/5 Comments: Very Cheerfully decorated. Had a single with shared bath that was very small but adequate. Changed to double with bath when friend arrived-more than twice the size but both sink and shower were water conserving "push the knob for 30 seconds of water"-have to keep pushing the knob for continuous showering. Weird.

Nationality Stayed Gender Age Group Overall Rating USA 13th November 2007 Male 41+ 4/5 Comments: Great place, very reasonable price, great location! Staff are courteous & helpfull too!

Nationality Stayed Gender Age Group Overall Rating Australia 7th July 2007 - - 4/5 Comments: Visited Hostel La Fontana in July 2007. My age is 50+.It is a small, quiet hostel which suited me very much. Very central position, just around the corner from the Gran Via Metro Station. The Hostel is very clean and the staff are really helpful. It is on the 1st floor but has a lift so did not have to drag the suitcase up the stairs. Thank you to the Staff who were always most helpful. I loved Madrid and would come back to this Hostel if I am ever in Madrid again.

Nationality Stayed Gender Age Group Overall Rating Canada 26th October 2007 Female 25-30 2/5 Comments: The shared washroom is in dire need of a good dusty. It smelly due the dust and mold that you can barely breathe. My main reason for using this hostel was because it was 24 hours and so I could receive a wake up call because I had an early morning flight. I confirmed 3 times with the lady at reception who was neither helpful or friendly....NO WAKE UP CALL! She apparently didn't inform the night person who was very apolegetic but fortunately my internal alarm went off.

Nationality Stayed Gender Age Group Overall Rating Italy 20th October 2007 Couple 18-24 4/5 Comments: Hostal la fontana is the best! The location is perfect and the the room are very clear.... Hola......

Nationality Stayed Gender Age Group Overall Rating Spain 12th October 2007 Female 25-30 4/5 Comments: Volvere a este hostal y lo recomendare sin duda alguna. Carolina (recepcion) me ayudo mucho con el tema de mi tarjeta puesto que la banda magnetica no funcionaba y me ayudo a solucionarlo. Muy servicial y encantadora. Muchas gracias. Muy buen precio por habitacion doble, habitacion espaciosa y luminosa. Laura Pascual-Cronin

Nationality Stayed Gender Age Group Overall Rating Kazakhstan 9th October 2007 Male 31-40 3/5 Comments: The room was very small but ok for staying 1 or 2 days.

Nationality Stayed Gender Age Group Overall Rating England 9th October 2007 Male 31-40 3/5 Comments: Location was good in terms of it was central and close to the metro station - but it's in the middle of the red light district which isn't ideal - it still felt safe but I'm not sure female guests would agree. Apart from the noisiness of the guy in the room next to me it was a good stay!

Nationality Stayed Gender Age Group Overall Rating USA 23rd September 2007 Male 41+ 4/5 Comments: Great location, great price, perfect location. Also very clean and attractively decorated. Rooms are rather small but that´s not a problem for me.

Nationality Stayed Gender Age Group Overall Rating Netherlands 19th September 2007 Couple 31-40 3/5 Comments: the booking went wrong and the hostel was full so the brougth us to another hostel so we didn't stay in La Fontana.

Nationality Stayed Gender Age Group Overall Rating Uruguay 9th September 2007 - - 4/5 Comments: El lugar está muy bien ubicado desde el punto de vista de el acceso al metro y al centro. Se encuentra en zona roja por lo que de noche te puede asustar un poquito ver las caritas de la vuelta. Sin embargo, no nos paso nada y la pasamos muy bien. A 20 pasos del metro Gran Vía.

Nationality Stayed Gender Age Group Overall Rating Germany 7th September 2007 Mixed Group 18-24 3/5 Comments: Ok, it's near the red light district, but I never felt unsafe. Might be a problem if you are female and travel on your own

Nationality Stayed Gender Age Group Overall Rating England 7th September 2007 Male 31-40 3/5 Comments: Breakfast consisted of cereal, packet of biscuits or cake, tea and coffee and fruit juice, if there was any left.

Nationality Stayed Gender Age Group Overall Rating Australia 11th July 2007 Female 18-24 4/5 Comments: Not a very social hostel but still very nice and very private

Nationality Stayed Gender Age Group Overall Rating Brazil 21st July 2007 Male 25-30 3/5 Comments: Very nice staff, but not very good at english. Very helpful though. The security is outstanting, 2 levels. The rooms are very cosy and romantic, and they offer a nice breakfast too. Hope to go again.