We loved visiting the Condesa neighborhood, and Sylvia's apartment was very well located in the area. The cafe next door has excellent food and coffee (and there's a Starbucks on the other side for the Americans who don't want to ditch their habits), and it is within walking distance of great parks and plenty of hip restaurants/bars. We appreciated that she had a water filter in the kitchen, and the bedroom was nice and big. Two bathrooms would have been a big perk, but one was out of order while we were there, but that's probably normally not the case. We definitely felt centrally located and safe the whole time we were there. The 24-hour door guy was a big perk. Sylvia also left some nice recommendations and important information for us when we arrived, which was helpful.

The apartment itself was a bit noisy, as it borders the main courtyard (which has a loud basement parking garage) and a main road, so we ended up using a noise machine setting on our phone to block out the sound at night. Would advise knowing that the shower is hard to manage temperature-wise (it was either scalding hot or freezing cold all week), and we didn't bring an iron, thinking there would likely be one there, so our clothes were pretty terribly wrinkled the whole time -- not ideal for dining out/bar hopping!

Overall, it was a great place to stay, just would have been helpful to know those tiny details ahead of time.