Best for
Art lovers and independent city explorers will appreciate a Barquillo Street base within walking distance of Chueca and Madrid's major museums.
Best for
Art lovers and independent city explorers will appreciate a Barquillo Street base within walking distance of Chueca and Madrid's major museums.
What makes it special
Padrino occupies a former bookshop, giving a cocktail stop an intimate setting with a story beyond the usual hotel bar.
Room to consider
Ask about a room with a private balcony overlooking Barquillo Street; the outdoor space keeps the neighborhood part of your stay.
Insider tip
Reserve a Thai Room treatment for the end of a sightseeing day; the hotel's wellness space offers an easy pause before dinner.
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Only YOU Boutique Hotel Madrid has the address of a city hotel and the rooms of a much more personal one. Its nineteenth-century building stands on Calle Barquillo in Salesas, close to Chueca and Paseo de Recoletos. Step inside and the street gives way to patterned surfaces, deep blues, books and spaces made for lingering. The interiors by Lazaro Rosa-Violan are expressive rather than restrained, yet the building retains the proportions of an older Madrid residence. Here, a day spent walking the city can end somewhere with a social life of its own.
This is an interior room with a limited window view.
The bathroom is fitted with a rain-effect shower and a magnifying mirror. A bathrobe and slippers are provided, and a minibar is available within the room.
In the illustrated bedrooms, dark blue rectangular borders outline the paneled wall behind a dark headboard. A tan padded chair stands at a dark table beside a tall pale-framed window with a curtain. Blue geometric patterns cover the pale floor beneath the furniture.
Framed monochrome map prints form a grid on an adjoining pale wall, while small light-coloured studs edge the dark panels. An adjustable metal-look lamp stands on a round dark side table beside the sleeping area. The padded dark bed base sits over broad blue and ochre shapes in the floor covering.
The bathroom is fitted with a rain-effect shower and a magnifying mirror. A bathrobe and slippers are provided, and a minibar is available within the...
The room faces an interior courtyard in the hotel’s nineteenth-century palace. Its modern fittings include a rain-effect shower and a magnifying mirror in the bathroom. Bathrobes and slippers are provided as well.
In one bedroom design, rectangular outlines detail the dark blue panels behind a dark headboard. Monochrome pictures hang opposite colourful artwork with round patterns. Floor-length curtains border the opening. A mustard-coloured padded chair stands at a dark desk. Blue and pale geometric floor covering lies over the wood-toned flooring.
A doorway gives a view of a glass shower enclosure with a mottled grey panel. There is a large mirror beyond it. Small light-coloured studs run along the edges of the dark panels in this bedroom example.
The room faces an interior courtyard in the hotel’s nineteenth-century palace. Its modern fittings include a rain-effect shower and a magnifying mirror in the bathroom....
Barquillo Street and the Santa Isabel Theatre are the outlook for this exterior room. A rain-effect shower and magnifying mirror furnish the bathroom. A bathrobe and slippers are also provided.
One interior has a white screen with slats between the sleeping area and an open basin counter. The rectangular white counter stands beneath a large dark-framed mirror, with wall lights on both sides. Dark blue panels behind the dark headboard have small studs around their edges. A mustard-coloured padded chair sits at a dark desk near the bed.
Blue geometric shapes pattern the pale floor covering in this room design. Tall pale-framed openings have sheer and heavier curtains. One exterior arrangement has pale walls and shutters beside a dark metal railing.
Barquillo Street and the Santa Isabel Theatre are the outlook for this exterior room. A rain-effect shower and magnifying mirror furnish the bathroom. A bathrobe...
This outward-facing room looks towards Barquillo and Augusto Figueroa streets. Its bathroom has a rain-effect shower and a magnifying mirror. Bathrobes and slippers are provided, and a table with a lamp is among the room’s furnishings.
In one bedroom, dark blue wall panels have outlined borders behind a dark headboard. Blue and ochre geometric shapes pattern the pale floor beneath the sleeping area. A dark padded chair on light wood-toned legs stands beside a slim table.
Pale slatted wardrobe doors flank a recess with a shelf and hanging rail in this example. Pale rectangular panels form its backdrop. Across the room, monochrome pictures hang on both sides of the television. Below it, a pale carved surround has a surface that reflects the floor pattern. Warm-coloured light runs along the ceiling edge.
This outward-facing room looks towards Barquillo and Augusto Figueroa streets. Its bathroom has a rain-effect shower and a magnifying mirror. Bathrobes and slippers are provided,...
A spiral staircase provides access to this attic loft.
Original wooden beams and a high, sloping ceiling shape this attic loft. There is a rain-effect shower in the bathroom, along with a magnifying mirror. Bathrobes and slippers are supplied.
One loft interior has white ceiling boards above a tall wood-toned post. A dark beam runs horizontally across the roof frame. Against a pale wall, a dark desk and tan chair sit below framed monochrome artwork. A white balustrade stands beside the desk, near a glazed door with panels.
Dark blue panels form the backdrop to a dark headboard in this layout. A round table with a metal-like finish stands beside the sleeping area. There is also a pale footstool and pale doors with slats. Blue geometric shapes pattern the pale floor covering under the bed and desk.
Original wooden beams and a high, sloping ceiling shape this attic loft. There is a rain-effect shower in the bathroom, along with a magnifying mirror....
This interior suite has a separate bedroom and living room, with an outlook towards the hotel’s courtyard. The bathroom pairs a rain-effect shower with a magnifying mirror. Bathrobes are supplied alongside slippers.
In one sitting room, a pale upholstered sofa stands behind a long low dark table. Wood-toned flooring runs beneath them. A pale mantel and surround frame a brick-toned recess below the television. Beside a tall curtained window, a tan chair sits at a dark table.
One bedroom design has monochrome artwork on both sides of a dark headboard. Small studs edge the panels behind it. A small round table with a metal-like finish stands beside the bed. Tall pale-framed windows have sheer and heavier curtains, with blue geometric shapes on part of the floor.
This interior suite has a separate bedroom and living room, with an outlook towards the hotel’s courtyard. The bathroom pairs a rain-effect shower with a...
Barquillo Street forms the outlook for this exterior suite. The bathroom has a rain-effect shower and a magnifying mirror. Bathrobes and slippers are also supplied.
In one interior, a long dark desk sits beneath large framed monochrome artwork. A tan padded chair stands at the desk. An adjustable lamp with a metal-like finish is set above the work surface. A pale upholstered chair occupies the far end of the room. Wood-toned flooring continues through a doorway to a white basin counter. Above it is a large dark-framed mirror.
One outdoor setting has blue cushions on dark-framed seats around a low square wood-toned table. Blue and white geometric patterns cover the floor beside a white balustrade. Dark screens with panels border the seating, with large planted pots nearby.
Barquillo Street forms the outlook for this exterior suite. The bathroom has a rain-effect shower and a magnifying mirror. Bathrobes and slippers are also supplied....
A spiral staircase leads to this attic suite.
A library and a dressing room with a sofa form part of this attic suite. A rain-effect shower and a magnifying mirror are fitted in the bathroom. Bathrobes and slippers are supplied, and there is also a table with a lamp.
One bedroom arrangement has broad brown beams across a sloping ceiling with white boards. A screen of vertical slats stands behind a dark headboard. Open shelves rise above pale lower cabinets. The shelves have pale grey-blue backing and warm-coloured lighting in their compartments.
A dark blue chair stands by a tall window with dark curtains in this example. Low dark tables and a pale footstool are nearby. Other pale upholstered footstools have crossed legs and stand on blue and ochre geometric flooring. Framed monochrome artwork hangs on the pale wall.
A library and a dressing room with a sofa form part of this attic suite. A rain-effect shower and a magnifying mirror are fitted in...
At the corner of Barquillo and Augusto Figueroa streets, the suite has a bedroom and private living room. Bathrobes, slippers and a magnifying mirror are provided, along with a table and lamp.
The illustrated bedroom has tall pale-framed glazed doors on two adjoining walls, with sheer curtains and heavier drapes. Dark blue outlined panels back a dark headboard above blue and ochre patterned flooring.
In the pictured living room, a dark brown buttoned sofa faces a long glass-topped table on a metal-look frame. Pale armchairs stand nearby over a green rug and wood-toned floor. A carved pale mantel frames a dark screened recess below the television. Three framed pictures and a shaded floor lamp sit beside the sofa.
At the corner of Barquillo and Augusto Figueroa streets, the suite has a bedroom and private living room. Bathrobes, slippers and a magnifying mirror are...
Access to the penthouse is via a spiral staircase.
The hotel’s top-floor suite combines its bedroom with living and dining areas. A bathtub and a rain-effect shower furnish the bathroom. A magnifying mirror, bathrobes and slippers are also provided.
In one living-room arrangement, white beams cross pale ceiling boards. Blue padded seats and darker armchairs stand around a round dark table on a crossed base. A floor lamp with a cream shade stands near framed artwork. Short wood-toned steps lead up to a tall glazed opening, with pale slatted doors elsewhere in the room.
One outdoor setting has wood-toned seat frames with blue cushions edged in white. They stand around a low round table. Blue and white geometric flooring runs beside pale walls and red-toned tiled roof surfaces. A blue umbrella stands overhead in this example.
The hotel’s top-floor suite combines its bedroom with living and dining areas. A bathtub and a rain-effect shower furnish the bathroom. A magnifying mirror, bathrobes...
The setting is a substantial part of the decision to stay here. Calle Barquillo runs through Salesas, where small shops, cafes and restaurants sit among handsome residential streets. Chueca is close enough for an evening out without defining the whole stay. In the other direction, Paseo de Recoletos opens up the walk toward Madrid's major museums. The hotel is central, but its immediate surroundings have a neighborhood scale that is easy to appreciate between planned visits.
Plaza de Chueca and Paseo de Recoletos are both within a short walk of the hotel. The Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, the Prado and Puerta de Alcala take a little longer on foot, making it practical to build a day around the galleries without treating them as an excursion. There is no need to plan every hour, however. A wander through Salesas itself is part of the appeal: the change from narrow shopping streets to the grander avenues nearby gives a clear sense of how varied central Madrid can be.
Only YOU is not a hushed palace hotel. The historic facade and original scale are the starting point, while Rosa-Violan's design brings in layered color, furniture, lighting and decorative pieces. The public rooms feel more like a sequence of places to meet than a single formal lobby. Books and artwork give the spaces texture; the blue and white palette lends them a recognizable identity. Guests who prefer minimal interiors may find the look busy. For others, the detail is precisely what makes the hotel memorable.
That sense of movement matters during a city stay. You can return for a pause without feeling that the hotel disappears between breakfast and bedtime. The bar and restaurants bring local visitors into the building, so its atmosphere changes through the day. It is sociable rather than secluded, a distinction worth considering when choosing a room. The quieter outlook of an interior room may matter more to some guests than a view over Barquillo; others will want the street and a balcony to be part of their Madrid experience.
The rooms and suites occupy a nineteenth-century mansion, and the category names tell only part of the story. Petit Barquillo is an interior room, compact and suited to a short stay when the city will take most of the day. Deluxe is another straightforward option. Superior rooms face Calle Barquillo, while Premium adds a balcony and an exterior outlook. Choosing between those categories is less about a generic step up and more about how much of the neighborhood you want to see from your room.
The upper categories become more individual. Fabulofts use the character of the attic architecture, and Fabuloft Plus adds a private terrace. Superb separates the bedroom and living area, which can make a longer visit feel less confined. The 48 m² Corner Suite has its own living room, two bathrooms and balconies overlooking the meeting of Barquillo and Augusto Figueroa. Over the Garden has a separate living room and faces the hotel's terrace. These differences in layout and outlook are worth checking at booking rather than assuming that all suites deliver the same kind of space.
For an outdoor room experience, the Blue Suites have private terraces overlooking Calle Barquillo. Suiteheart combines an attic-loft setting with a library and dressing room, plus a 20 m² furnished terrace; access is via a spiral staircase, a practical detail to consider before booking. The Only YOU Penthouse sits on the top floor with a rooftop terrace and city views. These are distinctive choices, but they serve different priorities: a street-facing terrace connects the stay to Salesas, while a separate living area may be more useful for time spent inside. The hotel's expressive design carries into the accommodation without making every room identical.
YOUNIQUE Arts Club is the hotel's Mediterranean-inspired restaurant, with dining set among design and contemporary art. It suits an evening when you would rather stay close to home than begin another journey across Madrid. The restaurant has its own identity within the property, rather than functioning only as a hotel dining room. Its connection to the Salesas area is part of the appeal: the ground-floor spaces feel engaged with the surrounding streets.
Celicioso by Only YOU is the more casual choice on Calle Barquillo. Its kitchen is dedicated to gluten-free food, from pastries and breakfast dishes to salads, sandwiches and more substantial plates. That distinction is useful for guests seeking a gluten-free environment, while the relaxed format also makes it an easy stop between outings. Padrino Cocktail Bar occupies a former bookshop, retaining the idea of a place where people come to browse, meet and stay awhile. Its shelves and high ceilings give a drink here a different mood from dinner at YOUNIQUE.
The three venues make the hotel feel active at different points of the day, but there is no need to eat every meal inside it. Salesas and Chueca have plenty of independent options nearby. The better reason to choose this hotel is the freedom to move between the city and its own rooms without a sharp change of pace. Return for a cocktail, take a table for dinner, or simply use the public spaces as a pause before going out again.
Thai Room Wellness provides massage and body treatments within the hotel. It is an urban treatment space, not a destination spa built around pools or an entire day of facilities. That distinction helps set expectations: a treatment can fit naturally around a museum visit or a long walk, while the hotel remains primarily a place to experience Madrid. There is also a gym for guests who want to maintain a routine while away.
Only YOU has spaces for meetings and private gatherings as well. Salón Azul looks onto Calle Barquillo; other settings include an interior courtyard, the former bookshop space at Padrino and areas connected with the restaurant. Their character makes a small meeting or celebration feel different from one held in a conventional conference room. The hotel can therefore work for a trip that mixes appointments with leisure, though its strongest quality remains the ease of stepping out into the neighborhood afterward.
Choose Only YOU Boutique Hotel Madrid for Salesas, for rooms with markedly different outlooks, and for interiors that make time at the hotel part of the Madrid stay. It is particularly well suited to travelers who enjoy walking between museums, shops and restaurants, then returning to a lively address. Guests seeking a quiet, minimalist retreat or a full-service resort spa should look more carefully at what the property actually provides. Its appeal is specific: historic architecture, confident design and an unusually close relationship with the streets around Calle Barquillo.
A 19th-century palace and Lázaro Rosa-Violán's layered interiors give this city hotel a strong sense of place beyond its central address.
Celicioso's entirely gluten-free menu brings real dining choice to guests avoiding gluten, with breakfast, pastries, and savory dishes beside the hotel.
The 24-hour à la carte breakfast option rewards an unhurried schedule, so early departures and late mornings need not dictate meals.
Calle Barquillo 21, 28004 Madrid, Spain
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Yes. Only YOU Hotel Madrid is a strong choice for travelers who want style, location, food, and boutique character. It suits couples, solo travelers, business guests, design lovers, and visitors who want central Madrid without a chain feel.
Only YOU Hotel Madrid is located in the Salesas area, close to Chueca and the Recoletos boulevard. The location works well for shopping, restaurants, nightlife, museums, Gran Via, Retiro Park, and central Madrid walks.
Only YOU Hotel Madrid has 125 rooms and suites in a historic boutique setting. Guests can choose from compact rooms, deluxe categories, loft-style spaces, suites, and a penthouse option.
Only YOU Hotel Madrid is set in a renovated 19th-century mansion in central Madrid. The hotel mixes historic architecture with colorful design, social spaces, and interiors by Lazaro Rosa-Violan.
Yes. Only YOU Hotel Madrid is practical for first-time Madrid visitors because it is central and walkable. Guests can reach museums, shops, restaurants, bars, parks, and major sights without feeling far from local life.
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