My stay at Ricardo's was excellent! He went WAY out of his way to make sure my arrival from the U.S. (after 17 hours of travel!) went smoothly -- even though I was arriving at a very strange hour (7:30am). The room is very comfortable and Ricardo's whole place is lovely and clean, with space for guests in the kitchen. I loved the neighborhood -- able to walk to everything! Ricardo even took the time to ask me what I like to do when I'm visiting new cities and put together a walking tour of Madrid for me!!! Amazing -- and really above and beyond what I could have hoped. Ricardo is very knowledgeable about the city and excited to share. He is also very flexible, easy to reach, and easy to communicate with. We had a wonderful talk over dinner one evening and I know I'm leaving Madrid with a new lifelong friend :) If you stay in Madrid, stay with Ricardo. I will for as long as he'll have me :)