Where to start? First of all Madrid is amazing! The area of Raul’s flat is very convenient. A few nights were very noisy. Since the apartment is on the ground floor and the window is not double glazed you can easily get disturbed from outside. There are a few other flats in the building and people disturbed in the middle of the night. Please be aware that there is no central heating but an electric radiator. Glad that I took a hot water bottle since there was a kettle. There is an old fashioned espresso machine. But no real coffee maker. The entire facilities seamed to be brand new. Since there was only one window, overlooking the street, the room was quite dark. We were on the road a lot, so that was ok, but if you have to work it’s less enjoyable. We never used the hotplate. There is a vegan restaurant named Mad Mad Vegan. Caravan Café and El Rincon del Cabo (nice vegetarian options) are to be recommended too. All in the same street as the flat. All in all we had a wonderful stay!