What an amazing loved apt in the best area of Madrid you could hope to stay in. There's amazing food just downstairs and the bakery on the corner is fantastic. If you love to cook, this apt had the best kitchen and the host is so kind to stock it so well. Don't miss Vallehermosa Market and for a great coffee go the opposite direction to Plaza Olavide and go into Toma! We felt like we were living in a family's true get away in the city. The host was so kind. She lives in Italy but is very attentive via texts and has a wonderful person, Farita, to make sure you're in when you arrive and taken care of. The only drawback is the noise of people talking at the fantastic pinchos restaurant downstairs. But they close at midnight every night and the garbage trucks rumble through shortly after. The main bedroom, and it's gorgeous, is on the front of the house so you hear them IF you're already home and if you're a light sleeper. I am not, but my hubby is. Great news is there's another bathroom and bedroom in the back of the apt with great beds if it bothers you at all. But remember, you're in Spain, sleeping is not what the Spanish do. We adore Madrid and Fabrizia's family home in Spain will always be where we stay in the future and we have tried alot of other neighborhoods over the years, this is the one.