I highly recommend staying at Patricia’s place. She and Ivan, who help check you in, are both very helpful with local advice and great English speakers.
The place is 10 steps from a walking street full of tapas bars and restaurants and a few blocks from bus and train stops that get you to the city center and the beach. There is a Market right across the street.
The decor is stylish, clean and very comfortable. We absolutely loved calling Patricia’s place home base for the week and will remember our stay fondly.