I can't even begin to describe how amazing Fernando is as a host and overall person. I have never felt so at home with any stranger. We arrived in Madrid early morning and his direction were so on point that being first time tourists in Europe, it made it really easy for us. When we arrived he had such a lovely snack prepared for us at the table and he personally came to pick us up at the station in his area.
We had a lovely room with a private bathroom which was amazing! We had keys to our room so we could have privacy. He respected our privacy but he also treated us like friends by preparing delicious sangria for us almost every night. It was a pleasure having a drink with him.
He gave us pamphlets to nice food places in the centre, provided us with proper direction to each and every point and always provided us with bottles of water so we didn't have t unnecessarily go out and purchase them ourselves.
He recommended that we visit Toledo, a small town just outside of Madrid and it was so easy to get there because he told us the exact directions. It was beautiful and we spent all day there thanks to his recommendation.
He always provided us with a healthy breakfast which gave us a good kick start to the day. Fruits, flavoured yogurt, organge juice, coffee, toast and cholocates!
He prepared a lovely picnic for us as well with lots of nice snacks so we could have a picnic at Retiro Park.
LOCATION:
Very central. So close to the station that connects you to plaza mayor ... Literally a ten min route and you are in downtown Madrid. By his apartment there are small food joints .. Our favourite was a kebab shop just under his building .. Perfect for patio drinks!
Best of all was he got up so early to get us a taxi to the airport, helped us with our luggage ... He is too kind!
He gave us such lovely gifts to take home and was genuinely interested in how we spent our days. We loved conversing with him!
Fernando is too kind and very professional and I highly recommend that you stay at his place.
Thanks for everything Fernando :)