Beautiful, clean, and secure hotel with an unbeatable postcard view of Toledo--especially stunning…read moreat night. Even if you're not staying here, it's worth adding to your sightseeing list. The on-site restaurant is excellent, offering delicious local dishes. The hotel doesn't charge extra for minors sleeping in existing beds. Rooms are tastefully decorated and well-equipped with a hair dryer, mini fridge, a spacious safe that fits a 15" laptop, a great shower, and more. There's also a lovely swimming pool, though we didn't get a chance to use it. We stayed in floor 1, it was quiet. The hotel is just a short taxi ride from the train station (about €11) and the old town (around €13). The only downside for short trip is needing to take a taxi to and from the city center--but it's fast and easy. The front desk can call a cab that typically arrives within 10 minutes. Outstanding service from the front desk staff--friendly and helpful throughout our stay. Highly recommended!

Visiting from Florida & Wales. Great Front Reception Desk under the super pro Javier. The…read morerestaurant and bar (Beatriz & Rodrigo) are also very good; friendly professional service. The restaurant food was a true culinary experience (get the oxtail ravioli and start with their soups and Croquetas), good selection of excellent local wines. Good parking (use taxis to go to town). The rooms are noisy though (hear people moving furniture and steps of upper floor). Also, should have more comfortable sitting (lounges) outside the bar to read a book while enjoying the spectacular view.

I hadn't originally planned to visit Toledo, but I'm glad I chose to take the train when I did add…read morethis side trip for Madrid. My mouth kind of dropped when I entered the train station. I've never been in one so beautiful, and spent probably 30-45 minutes taking photos. While it looks quite old this station is only a little over a century old (rail travel isn't a medieval mode of travel, of course). But the station is constructed in a neo-mudejar style, a reflection of the Spanish, Arabic history of this city. There is colored glass--I'm not sure if it's true stained glass or art glass--throughout. Though you don't need to take nearly as much time as I did, it's certainly worth a loop around the station to admire its beauty. It's a one-room building, so it won't take very long.

I don't know that I've ever seen a more beautiful train station. Really worth the time to…read moreexperience as a travel site in its own right. No need to hire the 6 Euro taxi, the bus comes often to take you up to Toledo, but it's also only a 30 minute walk if you're fit. The cafeteria is pleasant, there are a couple of restaurants including a Chinese joint across the street. Weekend trains are usualy sold out, but if you get back early than your return ticket you can sometimes rebook for the earlier train. Get back 20 minutes before your train is scheduled to depart, they have you line up and wait a bit before boarding.

Hmmmm. I feel like it's a disservice to review this place as we had such a mixed food experience…read moreand I know it's likely because this area in generally full of tourist options that may not be as let's say careful with culinary craft. The service was swift and efficient, the ambiance is low key and casual and kept hip and tidy. Ordered a honey walnut mixed greens and goat cheese salad on offer for the want of roughage while on carb loaded travel. The amount of goat cheese on this sucker was outstanding, to the point I actually thought it was a delightful mistake! My husband decided to order...the pizza. Now, would we have expected it to be amazing? Nah. I have to admit, it DID look like something out of an American freezer. He also sampled a beer flight that was outstanding so all in all an overall pleasant if not memorable event.

Lovely little cafe in Toledo across from the Convento de San Antonio de Padua. Stopped for lunch…read morewhile on our self guided walking tour of town and very glad we did. Food was of very high quality. Typical tapas available as well as local dish "carcamuca" - ours served with potatoes fried crisp. Nice selection of beers available and service was excellent (pleasant and spoke English well). Should have sat a little longer before continuing our forced march up and down those hilly streets!

Hmm, I had mixed feelings about this hotel. We decided to book because of its stellar reviews on…read morebookings.com or one of those third party travel websites. The pictures of the view looked fantastic. I had read before on tripadvisor that you can easily walk to town within fifteen minutes. We are both pretty fit young adults and had trouble completing the walk from the hotel to the city center. Maybe you can get to the outskirts of town within 15 minutes but it takes about 30 minutes waking to the main museum. Also, when it is 80+ weather, the walk is even more miserable. We were stupid enough not to get a taxi so we ended up hauling our luggage from the train station to this hotel. Long story short, we both were really tired after the walk. The hotel in itself is pretty old. The floors were really gritty so I recommend that you wear flip flops or shoes. They did not provide enough blankets. At night the weather gets pretty chilly in the 60s but we only got a thin layer of blankets. I ended up turning the heater on but then it became too hot so I woke up in the middle of the night to turn it off. Not having enough blankets disturbed my sleep. Lastly, I had mixed feelings about the hotel staff. There is a female and male front desk person. The woman is terribly nice and helpful. The guy, however was not. The day that we checked in, we asked the woman if we could leave our luggage with the hotel after we checked out the next day for a couple of hours. She said without hesitation that this was not a problem. The next morning, we went to the office to drop off our luggage. We got the dude who looked peeved that we were going to leave our baggage w him. He first said, you don't have a car? Then he said, "we don't have room for you to leave your luggage here." I told him what the woman had said the day before and he looked annoyed that we were asking him to do this and reluctantly said that we could it next to the cabinets in front. He said that he was mostly there but sometimes stepped away. He did not give us the assurance that our baggage would be watched or taken care of. Instead, he gave us the impression that he would not be responsible in case our stuff was stolen. But what could we do? We had no car. For the rest of the day, I felt uneasy worrying about whether or not my stuff would be gone at the end of the day. Had he been willing and exuded confidence that our stuff would be watched (like the other employee) I would never had worried. Btw, when we went back to pick up our luggage, he retrieved them from a spare hotel room. What happened to not having any space? If you have a car and can deal w a little dirtiness, this place is for you. It is affordable and you get a spectacular view. The positives were that the view was breathtaking just like the pictures listed. The breakfast was also pretty yummy. They offer plenty of delicious seasonal fruit and provide yummy pastries. The restaurant faces Toledo so it is absolutely a gorgeous view.

We arrived at the restaurant about an hour before closing. Although there were only 3 tables…read moreseated, it took a full 15 minutes to show us to a table, and another 10 for the server to come for an order. We were then hurried through because the kitchen was about to close. The food was excellent, if a bit pricey. And while other restaurants have welcomed sharing plates, this one seemed to not understand how. We had a salmon taco to start, seared tuna, and a lovely duck with a coconut sauce. Skipped dessert. Before we had finished our wine the server was turning off the lights and all but asking us to leave. Definitely not the best service I have had in Spain and for the price I would go elsewhere.

We went from Barcelona by train to Toledo. Once there, we…read moresuggest taking a bus or cab to the major sightseeing city. It is uphill, not flat, and *very hilly. * We love to walk in cities, but Toledo is extremely hilly, especially when first get to the sites. Bus right outside of the train same side of train station.

You know a train station is amazing when it is a legitimate attraction in its own right. It is…read morefitting to have this as the first thing you see when entering Toledo. The 100 yrs. old station has a confluence of several influences in its design Arabic.

It was happenstance that I took a train to Toledo. I'm so pleased I did. I hadn't actually planned…read moreon Toledo as a part of my trip to Spain but decided I wasn't going to make it to Seville this trip, and didn't think I needed the extra days in Madrid. Lucky for me there is a train from Madrid that makes it a very short trip (an hour? less?... it's been about 4.5 years since I visited). My mouth dropped when I entered the station, and after 45 minutes or so taking photos of the interior of the station and a few of the outside I made my way to my hotel. It is a beautiful train station, full stop, with art glass throughout. It's not centuries old, having been built a bit over a century ago; however, it has taken some of the Muslim influence that has so long made Toledo a unique city and incorporated it here as a fine example of Neo-Mudéjar (Moorish Revival) architecture. You don't need to marvel at the place for as long as I did. However, it's worth a few minutes to appreciate the art of the station itself, and the train is so little used in the US (and most stations so disappointingly plain) that this one deserves to be appreciated. It is a small railway station with really only one room, so you won't be sacrificing much time by doing so.

More like a 2.5-star really…read more.. Pros Great location right next to Toledo cathedral -- one of the most beautiful and amazing cathedrals I've ever seen. We arrived in the morning before check-in time, but friendly owner Manolo held our bags for us and delivered them to the room himself so they were waiting for us when we returned later in the afternoon. The room itself had some character. I liked the brick wall behind the bed. I'm sure it was a very historic building. There was a nice rooftop terrace. Price was reasonable. We had a partial view of the cathedral from our room. Cons My wife and I both thought breakfast was weak. It would have been nice to have some fresh fruit and higher-quality juices. The shower was broken. It was the kind of shower where you're supposed to be able to place the hand-held shower head into a holder so that it becomes a fixed overhead shower. But the overhead clip wouldn't hold the showerhead in an upright position. So we had to rest the showerhead on top of the faucets, where it was easy to accidentally switch the temperature between scalding hot and icy cold. Not a fun way to shower. And the shower cubicle itself felt very insubstantial, plastic and cheap. We had a modern LCD TV and a wall-mounted air-con unit, but no remote control for either one. Not a disaster, but pretty annoying on both counts, especially with the A/C since we could only turn it on or off manually and couldn't find a way to adjust the temperature. The old-fashioned door locks are a nice period touch, but they made it kind of hard to open and close doors, particularly the bathroom door, in our hotel room. As in many Spanish hotels, the room is small. There was actually some nice built-in storage for clothing, but the room itself had only two single beds pushed together - no chairs for sitting and relaxing, no desk for working. We were just there overnight, so it was workable, but it would have felt cramped for a longer stay... The view of the cathedral is nice during the day, but the cathedral is not lit at night (not the hotel's fault) so the view isn't nearly as nice at night. I know Spain has a budget crisis and is trying to save money, but I do think it would be nice if they lit the cathedral a little -- at least until 10 p.m. or so. They could even have floodlights switch on for a few minutes every 1/2 hour or something like that if they are trying to save money on electricity. FYI on Toledo -- Nice town for a day-trip or overnight stay from Madrid, but do be aware that it is as hilly as the guidebooks say and that the layout of the city is incredibly confusing. We had pretty good luck finding our way around most of Spain, but we got ridiculously turned around in Toledo, especially when trying to find the monastery where El Greco is buried. Still, if you are a fan of El Greco, Toledo is definitely worth the trip and the cathedral is a work of art in itself.

Toledo is a day trip from Madrid. Most of tourist clear out of the city by 5pm. Spending the…read morenight was worth the reduction of crowds. Most of the historic places are closed, but you get a better sense of the city at night. This Hostal has a great location, next to the Cathedral, but high enough in the city to have a great view of the area. Toledo is a very hilly city, with twisting and tight streets. Its an historical city, with a number of sites. The staff is friendly and helpful to Americans. It is recommended in the Rick Steve's guide book, and we ran into another couple that selected this hostal for the same reason. The hostal has a theme for each floor (Jewish, Christian, and Muslim - since Toledo at one point had all three of these religions in the city at one time), we ended up on the Jewish floor is a themed room - the money changers - not the most PC name. The room had a view of the Cathedral, with a large king size bed, not the best pillows, a small TV and private bathroom. The bathroom had a shower that was smaller than a cruise ship shower, even thought the bathroom was larger room. There is no elevator, but the stairs were manageable. The breakfast was a great value, on the 2nd floor, with a terrace that provided a wonderful view of the city. So for one night, it was a good value, in a historical city.

This is bus terminal in Toledo. If you come to Toledo from Madrid, you will arrive at this bus…read moreterminal. Main bus company is Alsa. Maybe, only Alsa offers you the chance to travel from Madrid to Toledo by so easy access to this place. And if you buy your tickets , you can avail of cheapest deals. So I recommend this bus terminal to come to Toledo from Mardrid, and use to Alsa, bus company.