Help me wash my underwear in Madrid

December 11, 2010 10:26 PM

I need a laundromat in Madrid, Spain. They seem to not exist and the threads online that list a few are quite old and the locations no longer exist (see: this thread and note. Surely this is not so. If none exists, an acceptable laundry service that will, for a reasonable price, wash and dry clothes without heavily perfumed (or perfume free) detergent [not a dry cleaning] will do... preferably near Gran Via, but anywhere will do at this point.
posted by rr to Travel & Transportation around Madrid, Spain (5 answers total)

Your profile doesn't have any clues, and you don't give any background info or context, but do you happen to have access to a copy of a Lonely Planet guidebook to Spain? They typically list laundry facilities that are affordable and conveniently located.

That said, if it's literally underwear that you need to wash, why not try some soap and your nearest sink or shower?
posted by Sara C. at 11:00 PM on December 11, 2010

Never having been to Madrid, not much on the particulars I can say about it. But if you google for "lavanderia autoservicio madrid" (that should be the Spanish location-neutral term for this kind of place, it also describes them here in Argentina) as I just did, you get quite a lot of hits.
posted by Iosephus at 12:01 AM on December 12, 2010

Response by poster: Was hoping someone could point me to a verified open place. In the thread I link to, the commonly cited stores are noted as closed.

I see only one lavanderia autoservicio madrid in Madrid proper; wow, the google street view of that place looks awful, but it does appear to be there. I'll go by tomorrow.
posted by rr at 5:45 AM on December 13, 2010

Best answer: There's one on Calle Hortaleza (nearer the tribunal than Gran Via).

Here's the Google Street view. Called 'ondablu' it seems (an Italian company). I walked past it every day for a few years, but never used it. (It's been a few months since I walked past last, so bear that in mind.)
posted by slimepuppy at 7:45 AM on December 14, 2010

Response by poster: Update: found it, used it. Thank you.
posted by rr at 1:08 PM on January 7, 2011