Let me start with the positives.
Javier is really lovely and was really accommodating when we had to reschedule our arrival until late in the evening.
The apartment is modern and clean and had most of the things we needed. It might be worth bringing washing powder and dishwasher tablets if you want to use those as there wasn’t any in the apartment.
The apartment is centrally located and within walking distance of all the major sights/museums etc.
This leads on to the negative though:
The noise. As the apartment is so central there is noise from the restaurants below in the evening and also from rubbish collection in the morning. This was expected and we could deal with that. Unfortunately there was major building work going on which began around 7am and was unbearable. We spoke to Javier and he explained that it wasn’t meant to start until 8 and he went and spoke to the builders. Unfortunately the noise between 7 and 8 carried on - unloading of equipment and moving barriers etc. In addition there is a nightclub on the street which was going on until 6am too which didn’t help. The construction work went all day until 7/8pm which meant we could not go back for a sleep during the day. There was no peaceful time in the apartment.
We didn’t get hardly a wink of sleep for the week we were there which ruined our holiday and we were disappointed not to be told about the building work prior to our arrival.
Although Javier was always polite and courteous he didn’t apologise for not mentioning the building work even though he would have known about it.