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Iberia maintains lounges at its hubs in Madrid & Barcelona. There are outstation lounges at Frankfurt (T2, by Gate D26, open 0600-2030) and Buenos Aires. There are no lounge facilities at all at Ibiza. The dedicated Iberia lounge at London Heathrow has shut, and now Iberia use the BA lounge in Terminal 3. Elsewhere, Iberia maninly use British Airways lounges. This includes Amsterdam, Athens, Berlin Tegel, Brussels, Dusseldorf, Geneva, Istanbul, Milan (Linate and Malpensa), Munich, and Rome. At New York JFK, Johannesburg, and Cape Town Iberia also use the BA Terraces lounges.
The Dali lounge handles flights from the main terminal (most Schengen flights and Ibiza/Canary Islands). In the Satellite - a ten minute train ride away - there is the Velazquez lounge in the central area on Level 1 at T4S, for long haul (open 0600-0130) which also has a pre-flight dinner service, and the Goya lounge on Level 0 for domestic (open 0600-0000).
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Madrid Lounge |
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Madrid Lounge computers |
It really is huge, up in the roof, with a wide variety of seats. The lounge is split into two, with a central kitchen, but there are no controls on which side you go into. As you go in past the main desk on the right is the main lounge area, under a huge flying saucer UFO sculpture in the sky.
There is one bar here, then as you walk around you find there is a small corridor with glass dining chairs. It is this area that has a great view of the gates, and airport apron. Further around is another bar with a wine tasting area, and then racks of more seats. In the far corner of this room is a sleeping area with four daybeds, and a TV area.
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Madrid Iberia Lounge - winetasting bar |
As you head back full circle there are the newspaper racks, a door to the bathrooms (which are very chic and designer, with lovely round stone basins) and shower suites.
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Madrid Iberia Lounge - dining area |
It is for the bar that many people come to this lounge. It is great, with a vast selection of Spirits. In the wine tasting area - with a special wine tasting session some afternoons - there are 8 whites and 5 reds in full sized bottles racked up here. There are plenty more bottles of wine in miniature bottles - in the fridge, along with miniature bottles of Cava (Jaume Serra). There are three beers: the real ale like Yuste in bottles, plus cans of Red and Blue Laiker Sin Mahou.
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Madrid Dali Lounge - the bar fridge |
Food is poor, with packets of crisps, Galletas biscuits, packets of raisins, and peanuts.
It is in many ways an excellent lounge - it's a shame the same standard may not be evident on the Iberia flight you get on.
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Madrid Goya Lounge |
As you go in through the swish sliding doors you can go left to the dining and bar area. The bar is actually pretty good, with all the usual Iberia wines in miniature bottles, and a fridge full of beer. Food is just peanuts.
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Madrid Goya Lounge - the bar |
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Madrid Goya Lounge |
Down the stairs to the left as you go in there is a thoroughly miserable smoking room with a TV. It's rather like a school common room. There is also a small darkened sleeping area. At the far end are loos and 4 shower suites. By the door are two fast modern internet computers - although here, you do get the lounge staff staring at you from their desks.
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Madrid Velazquez Lounge |
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Madrid Velazquez Lounge foodbar |
Windows run all the way along the lounge, with a great view of the gates and runway. As you come in on the right is the dining area, the smoking area, and a TV room, and on the left the spirit bar, another TV room, and the wine bar at the far end. Newspapers are on the stand behind the main entrance desk.
The Winebar is a delight. It has several self pour bottles of very good Spanish wine. Cava and miniature bottles are in the fridge behind you. The Spirit bar is equally good, with about 40 bottles strewn over the worktop, including some obscure Spanish spirits of unknown origin.
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Madrid Velazquez Lounge |
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Madrid Velazquez Lounge winebar |
There are five computers in the cubby hole on the left hand side. They are quite fast, with Firefox.
There are three lounges that Iberia use in the new Barcelona Terminal 1, and they are all such a vast improvement over the old Iberia lounge at el Prat it is impossible to believe that it's gone from being so woeful to a delight: such is the change that has come with the move to Terminal 1 (from the old ABC Terminal, now called Terminal 2).Iberia, along with all oneworld and most other major airlines now have a brand spanking new building to rival that in Madrid.
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Along with the usual Schengen lounge for most inter-Europe flights, there is a lounge for the Madrid shuttle, and a non-Schengen lounge, after passport control, instead of hanging around in the old holding pen, but if you have access to the lounge in one side, you can access both the pre and post Schengen sides. This is probably a good bet if your partner plans to do some shopping, as the shops are better in Schengen, while the booze and food is better in the non-Schengen lounge, particularly in the morning, although dining facilities are the one area where it all seems to fall a bit flat. The non-Schengen lounge also has pool tables and a cinema, so if you're in for a real long wait, here is the place to do it.
 Barcelona Iberia Pau Casals Business Class Lounge (Schengen) |
You need to make a decision about your lounge hopping plans before passport control through. Straight after security, you either take the escalator down to the Schengen area, or you turn left, along a balcony, and present your passport for Non-Schengen: once through, it's hard to get back.
None of these lounges are directly run by Iberia: instead, Aena own them, and make a few quid on the side from those who don't have the right frequent flyer card. If you need to, you can access all the lounges by paying a 25 euro fee.
 Barcelona Pau Casals Business Class Lounge bar |
This lounge is mainly designed for European short haul flights, into the Schengen area, although if you are on British Airways from Barcelona, you do get access in here too, but once your other half has done some shopping you're probably better running along to the main D concourse lounge if you really want to be on time for your flight.
The lounge itself is a lovely open room looking down on the main shopping centre (sorry - airport) with a sleeping compartment in the middle, and a bar on the far wall. The chairs around the sides are lovely deep squashy leather armchairs, and have power sockets (euro sockets only) in the tables between the chairs.
 Barcelona Iberia Pau Casals Business Class Lounge (Schengen) |
There are two bars in the lounge, one in the middle of the lounge with beer and wine, and cans of soft drink, plus a smaller counter at the far end that has spirits on a tray, and sparkling wine. Notably, the wine section is not refreshed in the mornings: there are bottles, however you do need to ask the staff if you'd like a top up. There is Sparkling Wine, however it's only "served on request", which basically means either grabbing a waitress or asking at reception, and a good hour or so later your bubbly will turn up.
There is also a great display of alcohol on shelves on the wall. Don't get too excited - the bottles on the wall are strictly for decoration only: If you'd like better booze, you need to move to the non-Schengen lounge in area D.
 Barcelona Pau Casals Business Class Lounge |
Food is pretty poor: you might want to eat before getting to the lounge, which rather defeats the point. In the mornings there is cereal, and cold croissants, along with Jam & butter. By 11am this lot is replaced with the enticingly sounding savoury mix, which is a few nuts and odd coloured bits of cardboard in a bowl. By mid afternoon there are muffins &donuts in the glass cabinet, and finally in the evening there are a few sandwiches.
Right in the middle of the lounge is the sleeping area, with six day beds in the semi darkness: alas the designers didn't really think this through, and there are no doors onto this area which is quite bright, and gets all the noise of the lounge from both sides. There are also showers in the bathrooms behind the bar.
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Computers are quite good, with a four new Macs in small work pods in the other half of the lounge from the bar, however there are only four: it can be a hassle getting a machine, and there is no printer. There is free wifi, and also a mobile phone charging machine just opposite reception.
Quite often, and rather incongruously, there will be a sales promo in the middle of the lounge. Car showrooms in particular like to bring along their cars, and park them by the armchairs: this can be annoying, as you'll be pestered throughout your drinking time by salesmen on a mission to get some interest.
 Barcelona Iberia Sala Miró Business Class Lounge |
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The lounge itself has great views over the main shopping centre, but very poor ones over the airport: it is very hard to see the planes, and you have to nip down to the shops for that.
 Barcelona Iberia Sala Miró Lounge |
The lounge itself is pretty similar in furnishings to the Schengen side. There are deep leather armchairs around the sides with power sockets (euro sockets only) in the tables between the chairs.
There are two bars in the lounge. There is one long counter, with fridges in the middle of the lounge that have wine in a bucket, and cans of soft drink in an open top fridge. Plus there is a smaller counter at the far end which almost feels like an afterthought. It has spirits on a tray, and sparkling wine. If you want real Sparkling Wine you either have to grab a waitress or ask at reception, which can take some considerable time.
There is also a vast display of alcohol on the shelves on the wall. Unlike the other lounge, you can drink this, but it's a tall stretch to get it, and you may struggle to break the seal on the bottles: few people drink the booze from this wall (and if you do, blow the dust off the bottles).
 Barcelona Iberia Sala Miró Business Class Lounge |
Right in the middle of the lounge is the sleeping area, with six day beds in the semi darkness: alas it's hard to sleep in here as the noise of the lounge comes through the open portal into the light. There are also showers in the bathrooms behind the bar.
 Barcelona Iberia Sala Miró Lounge |
Computers are quite good, with a two new Macs in small work pods close to reception, however it can be very hard to get at a machine. There is a printer, fax, and free wifi.
Most passengers don't discover the "fun" area of the lounge. This is to the right of reception, along the balcony, and right again. Here you'll discover two pool tables - with lovely blue baize - and a huge projection TV: just ask reception for the remote, or they can change channels for you. It has Satellite and full surround sound. At the extreme end of this area there is the mini golf driving range: again, ask reception for the equipment. However, when you're in here, chances are you'll have the area to yourself, as few people ever venture into this part of the lounge.
Iberia have recently closed their dedicated lounge at Las Palmas (which was at the far north of the building), and now at LPA, Iberia, along with all the other airlines, share the quite respectable VIP Sala lounge, run by the airport.
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Las Palmas Gran Canaria Lounge bar |
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Las Palmas Gran Canaria Lounge |
The actual lounge is large, bright and welcoming. There is one large central area, with windows overlooking the runway, with a bar at the far end, and a smaller room behind the bar. The bathrooms (no showers) are at the far end, above which is the departure screen. Announcements are not made in the lounge. There are 3 phone booths, but no computers. There are two televisions, which are left on pretty much continually.
The bar is pretty good, with a mind boggling array of whiskeys, a couple of different types of gin (Beefeater and Bombay) and a terrible polish vodka. There are two fridges - the one on the right has a good selection of Spanish beers.
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Las Palmas Gran Canaria Lounge |
Food is very poor, with packets of crisps, and two different types of biscuits. And that's it. Next to the front desk is a table on which is one copy of each of the main Spanish papers - and there's a stern warning not to take these out of the lounge.
 Terminal 3 Iberia/BA Heathrow Galleries - the bar in the far room |
At London Heathrow, Iberia have shut down their own dedicated lounge in Terminal 1, and now operate out of Terminal 3 where they use the British Airways lounge.
When you walk into the main body of the lounge, there are the large white tables for the food area, across from the cafeteria style troughs of stew, and passengers wolfing down the food knowing they will get little on their flights to Spain. Further on there is a wine bar with pairs of more comfortable seating, and at the far end a long white island bar.
The lounge has a great bar. The long silver bar has a chilled trough with white wine. By the window the wine bar has 8 types of red and white in buckets. At the back of the bar is the spirits selection: it's the usual BA selection of 18 different bottles of spirits. Beer is in the fridge below, including Guinness and London Pride. cupboard.
 Terminal 3 Iberia Heathrow Galleries - The Silver Bar |
Food is good, with early morning breakfast cereals and juice.
 Terminal 3 Iberia Heathrow Galleries - the bar in the far room |
There is a large computer centre in the lounge with 30 high spec PCs, and a mobile phone recharging crèche. If you want a spanish power socket, press the plunger in the middle of the glass table and a column rises up, with Euro-sockets for power and network sockets. Newspapers are very good in the lounge, with a full selection of UK and Spanish papers.
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Full details of this lounge are contained in the BA pages, under the London Heathrow Terminal 3 lounge section.
For the twice a day flights from New York to Madris, Iberia use the BA Business Class lounge.
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New York JFK Terraces lounge |
The two Bar areas are pretty much the same, with bottles of beer, including Bud, Coors Light, Bass, Heineken and Stella below the worktop. There are jugs of juice on top, and a couple of white and red wines. .
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New York JFK Terraces lounge |
Food really isn't brilliant. In the mornings there are croissants and cereal, and then in the lull before the rush of evening flights these are replaced by crisps and nuts, slabs of cheese in plastic packets, and breadsticks. There are also packets of soup. For better dining before your flight, which means you can maximise sleep on board, head to the Club World pre-flight dining room. However, there is no access to this if you get into the lounge with an Iberia Plus card, as opposed to really flying in Business.
There is a full review of this lounge with much more information contained within the British Airways New York JFK Business Class lounge detail.
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Dusseldorf Terraces Lounge |
Ahead of this is the Winebar which has recently been reduced. Now there are only the usual BA stocks of 4 types of white, and 4 of red. There are now only 10 types of spirits behind the bar aren't bad either. There is are only two types of beer - a rather tame German Pils, and Bitberger.
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Dusseldorf World Wine Bar |
There is a full review of this lounge with much more information contained within the British Airways Dusseldorf Business Class lounge details.
At Amsterdam Iberia use the BA Business Class lounge.
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Amsterdam The main Terraces lounge |
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Amsterdam Terraces lounge |
The bar in the main room is not the usual Terraces type, and there are just 2 types of red on the counter, and 2 whites in ice buckets (which rarely get changed, so the white is often quite warm). There are 9 spirits in large free-pour bottles on the shelf (Bacardi, Beefeater gin, Campari, Baileys, VSOP, Smirnoff vodka, and 3 types of whisky). Newspapers are on a rack by the door, with all of the UK papers, and one copy of the dutch ones.
There is a full review of this lounge with much more information contained within the British Airways Amsterdam Business Class lounge details.
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Brussels the bar |
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Brussels food hall |
The redesign adds stunning features including the Blue bar with a glittering chandelier, on the left after you go in. There are a couple of bottles of red and white wine on the counter top. There are bottles of Guinness, Bass, Leffe Blonde, hoegaarden, and Bellevue Kriek cherry beer. Plus, sadly, cans of Stella.
Further around in the Food Hall there is quite a decent breakfast, but by lunchtime it turns into a salad bar with lots of cauliflower, cuecumber, tomatoes, gerkins, olives, several different types of dips.
There is a full review of this lounge with much more information contained within the British Airways Brussels Business Class lounge details.
 Frankfurt Iberia Airlines use the BA Lounge |
Full details of this lounge are contained in the BA pages, under the Frankfurt lounge section.
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Athens terraces lounge |
The Bar is pretty good, with a full selection of Spirits including Gordon's Gin, Regal, Baileys, Grand Marnier, JW Red, Smirnoff, and two types of Oozo. Cans of Amstel & Heiniken are in the fridge. Alas, there is only one type of red & White wine (bad Greek ones) in the round holes in the bar top.
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Athens terraces lounge bar |
The Combiz business center is really just a couple of desks at the far end of the room, There are two computers which are pretty slow. Newspapers are OK, however don't expect and Spanish newspapers here.
There is a full review of this lounge with much more information contained within the British Airways Athens Business Class lounge detail
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Barcelona Lounge |
Compared to the excellent facilities in Madrid, the lounge at Barcelona el Prat is pretty poor. Actually, there are two lounges at either end of the vast concourse, however the lounge at the northern end is a tiny boxroom - and you'll be better off going for the much larger lounge in the middle of the concourse.
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Barcelona BCN Lounge |
The actual lounge has seen better days - it hasn't really been updated since el Prat was built, and is well due for a revamp, with worn seats and rocking tables. It's U shaped, and if you wander around the U, you'll find a nice quiet area with sofas and a television. There are two bar pods in the middle of the lounge, next to some dining tables, and towards the window side are four cubby holes with computers in them. These are connected to the Internet with a fast connection, although the computers do seem to be riddled with spyware.
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Barcelona Lounge - the bar |
The Bar is particularly disappointing, with plastic glasses and ten spirits - with several good whiskies, a Bombay Gin, and Smirnoff vodka. There is a particularly unusual bottle of Green Iberia Herbs. It tastes like mouthwash, and is,47%. In the fridge are loads of miniture cans, and bottles of Vida - a good tomato juice. The coffee machine is however excellent. Mini bottles of Cava are in the fridges on one side - in the other fridge are mini bottles of Chardonnay.
Food is a major problem at this lounge - its peanuts. Literally. Along with small packets of raisins, that's all you get. Furthermore the tables are often overflowing with all sorts of rubbish, glasses were not cleared for couple of hours, and the lounge is full of smoke - as you can smoke anywhere in it. Infact the only place that isn't full of smoke is the dedicated smoking room, so as a non-smoker you may have to take refuge in here.
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Barcelona Lounge |
There are plenty of Spanish Newspapers however there are no English ones, even though the lounge is used by British Airways for several flights a day.
There is a bathroom in the lounge, which is OK, but no showers.
Just when you thought the delights of el Prat couldn't get better, they do. This tin-pot boxroom shows that depths that Iberia has sunk to on domestic routes.
This lounge is in the far North of the airport terminal, just before the corridor that leads to the sunken terminal that services domestic flights. To reach it, trek to Module Zero, bend left into the terminal, and go through the sliding glass doors. The lounge itself is pretty tiny, with badly stained red sofas, but there are a couple of computers and a smoking section.
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Barcelona domestic Lounge |
The Bar is OK, with the usual mini bottles of Cava, a dodgy bottle of white and red, and a few spirits of indeterminate origin. Food is non-existant.
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London LHR Iberia Lounge bar |
Loos are behind the door marked WC opposite reception (there are no showers). There are 2 TV in either corner, and dotted around there are a couple of demonstration cabinets with boutique items that can be bought. If you go round to the right there is a smoking section - open to the rest of the lounge - and as a result the whole place stinks of smoke.
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London LHR Iberia Lounge |
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London LHR Iberia Lounge |
Food is very poor, with just nuts and biscuits.
Past the smoking section, and curving around on the right, are two fast, modern, internet computers. There is a table with newspapers (mainly Spanish, plus a few from the UK) by the main door.
If you have access to this lounge, you will also have access to the excellent BA Terraces lounge in Terminal 1. You can walk airside to here, and enjoy the great BA food, and excellent wine bar.