The Mad Hostel Madrid is located in a "Corrala". A "corrala" was a typical building in old Madrid, a building of adjoining apartments accessed by interior balconies which overhang a central courtyard or patio. The Hostel is right in the centre of town, only 10 minutes walk to the most well known museums in Spain, the prettiest squares of the city and in one of the most popular "fiesta" areas in the world.

Madrid is the capital of Spain, located right in the centre of the country, Madrid is the headquarters for the Public Administration, Government, Spanish Parliament and the home of the Spanish Royal Family, in fact a cosmopolitan city, and business center of Spain.

Madrid can trace its origins to the times of Arab Emir Mohamed I (852-886), who ordered the construction of a fortress on the left bank of the Manzanares river. Later it became the subject of a dispute between the Christians and Arabs until it was conquered by Alonso VI in the XI century. At the end of the XVII century, a defensive wall was built for the protection of the new outlying areas, tracing the roads of Segovia, Toledo and Valencia. During the 18th century, under the reign of Carlos III, were designed the great arteries of the city, such as the Paseo del Prado and Paseo las Acacias.