My favorite part of our trip to Spain was wandering between plazas in the neighborhood of Pablo and Fraziska's place. Having a place and neighborhood to come home to rather than a hotel room makes a huge difference. Everything is conveniently located in the neighborhood: grocery store, cafes and metro. The place itself feels very private because you are left alone once you have "checked in" and have the key. On clear days, you can see the water out the balcony doors - the balconies are too small to sit out on comfortably, but you can put your chairs in front of the balcony doors and catch the evening breeze. The view, though, is mostly of other rooftops. There is a very cute dog that lives across the street and the owner sometimes takes him up on her rooftop to exercise. His name is Ghandi - say HI to him for me.
Our other favorite part was being able to wash our clothes in the washer - they dry overnight when hung out on the line.
The neighborhood is mostly people in their 30's - maybe a little too hip in an understated way for me - I would have liked more older people, but I'm 62, so there you go.