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Home » Iberia » Overnight in the Iberia Velázquez Lounge in Madrid
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Overnight in the Iberia Velázquez Lounge in Madrid

Matthew Klint Posted onMay 30, 2017November 14, 2023 14 Comments

I arrived into Madrid at 10pm from London and had a connection to Los Angeles the following day at noon. Was it worth going to the airport Hilton or into central Madrid? With a 24-hour lounge featuring a sleeping area, I deemed a hotel was not worth the hassle or expense.

Iberia has several lounges in its Madrid airport hub. The Velázquez lounge is the non-Schengen (international) lounge located in Terminal 4S. It is a massive lounge featuring a sit-down dining room, several buffet and drink stations, conference rooms, a business center, showers, and the aforementioned sleeping room.

It was to that sleeping room that I headed.

a sign from the ceiling

a tree in a pot

a room with a television and a couple of beds

a tv on a pole in a room

The room is always kept dark, though there are lamps beside each daybed. I counted nine beds in the room.

A note on crowds: by 1am (I got up to eat an apple and drink some water) I was the only passenger in the entire lounge. The lounge is quiet at night and I was able to sleep quite well until about 7am. It certainly helped not to have snoring passengers around me!

a lounge area with chairs and tables

A lounge agent came in to check on me and offered me a blanket and pillow. I appreciated that kind gesture.

CONCLUSION

While not the private rooms offered in the first class lounges of SWISS, Lufthansa, Qatar, or Malaysia, the sleeping room in Iberia’s Velázquez lounge is quite adequate for an overnight nap.

Click here for a full review of the Velázquez Lounge

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Matthew Klint

Matthew is an avid traveler who calls Los Angeles home. Each year he travels more than 200,000 miles by air and has visited more than 135 countries. Working both in the aviation industry and as a travel consultant, Matthew has been featured in major media outlets around the world and uses his Live and Let's Fly blog to share the latest news in the airline industry, commentary on frequent flyer programs, and detailed reports of his worldwide travel.

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14 Comments

  1. Cipta Reply
    May 30, 2017 at 11:32 am

    Errr…. do you forgot the other parts of the lounge? Oh well, i just wait then….

    • Matthew Reply
      May 30, 2017 at 11:35 am

      Full lounge review coming, I just wanted to focus on the sleeping room in this post.

  2. ABC Reply
    May 30, 2017 at 12:13 pm

    What’s their philosophy? First come first served? Or can a bed be booked in advance?

    • Matthew Reply
      May 30, 2017 at 12:13 pm

      First come, first served. No reservations.

  3. Donald Reply
    May 30, 2017 at 4:56 pm

    Definitely better than blowing $200 on a hotel for 6 hours. And a lot less hassle.

    • Alan Wan Reply
      November 16, 2019 at 4:05 pm

      I assume as you arrived at 10pm and your onward boarding pass was the following day you were still able to get through transfers / security etc to access the lounge

      • Matthew Reply
        November 16, 2019 at 4:31 pm

        Correct.

  4. Billiken Reply
    May 31, 2017 at 11:25 pm

    It looks a lot better than the reclining “relaxation” area at Etihad’s First Class lounge in Abu Dhabi. When I tried to sleep there all the other seats were occupied, guys were snoring, and one guy was working on his computer and receiving loud incoming message dings every minute or two . . . Moreover, the wall of tv screens kept cycling the same images over and over. Hardly a first class experience. Give me the Al Safwa lounge every day of the week, even during Ramadan!

  5. Matthew Reply
    July 8, 2017 at 8:24 am

    Full lounge review: http://liveandletsfly.boardingarea.com/2017/06/20/iberia-madrid-lounge-review/

  6. Chris Reply
    October 2, 2018 at 10:34 pm

    Did you have a connecting flight that brought you to Madrid or simply arrived locally? I have a connecting flight arriving in Madrid and I was thinking of staying in the lounge just as you did.

    • Matthew Reply
      October 3, 2018 at 1:57 am

      Connecting flight.

  7. Karim Fellah Reply
    December 6, 2018 at 3:58 am

    Hello,

    I am travelling to Algeria from Portugal on 12/13/2018, and I will to stop at the airport of Madrid for more than 08 hours than I will take the flight to Algeria,
    Please, I would like to know how much does it costs a sleeping room for one person at VELÁZQUEZ LOUNGE IN MADRID ( Madrid-Barajas Airport ) ? and others facilities (wifi, showers, food, …) are included in the cost?

    Best regards

    • Matthew Reply
      December 6, 2018 at 2:02 pm

      Check with LoungeBuddy.net.

  8. AT Reply
    July 30, 2019 at 2:19 am

    Funny I came across this post. I think I might end up in a similar situation next month (land in MAD late and fly MAD-LAX in J next day at noon).

    My questions are:

    1. were your LON-MAD and MAD-LAX bookings separate tickets?
    2. To access the lounge in MAD, did you show lounge agents your MAD-LAX electronic boarding pass? IB allows you to check-in online or through the app, right?

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