Originally Posted by
BugAlugs
I have been staying at the Holiday Inn Madrid, from the airport you can take the tube, change and one stop to up to the stadium, from there its a 50meter walk to the hotel. Total trip fair is €2 compare to taxi at €30 to €50.
As a hint if you do stay at the the Holiday Inn Madrid it is in the middle of a block and so you can accees the main entrance from all sides, taxi drivers might get thrown sometimes looking for the small entrance.
Just seconding BugAlugs excellent advice!
If you're not burdened with suitcases, you can make the journey to both the HI and the IC very cheaply, quickly and in reasonable comfort by metro. For the HI you can avoid the change (and the change can be confusing), walking up Orense from N.Ministerios metro stop (heeding BugaAlugs advice: the hotel is in a complex on your right, about 400m up from metro exit.
The metro station at the airport can be a bit of a hike (YMMV), but it is well sign-posted. And if you have any problems working out how to buy a ticket, or which ticket to buy, just ask at the help desk, or ask any of the metro staff.