My daughter and I stayed at Hostal Lopez this past May, and never mind construction in the street--there were obras right IN the hostal! Well, make that in the *building* Hostal Lopez is located in, on the ground floor. The noise did carry though. Our room, on the 2nd floor of the hostal (3rd floor of the building), faced the interior courtyard and when the workmen were on the job, we knew it.

HOWEVER, they rarely began work before 8-8:30 am, and they didn't work weekends, so I can't say that our sleep was disturbed. We were generally awake, moving around and making ready to be out en las calles de Madrid by the time they really got to work.

Hopefully they are finished by now (though the scaffolding around the hostal entrance made it really easy to locate!)

josie
wondering, are they removing all the old posts (formerly for horses?) that mark the edge of the sidewalk? I liked them, despite falling over one in Granada...