My husband and i enjoyed our stay at the apartment. The taxi from atocha station to the apartment cost us around €10. We never met matias in person but communicated through messages. We were let into the apartment by his friend paqui, who with her limited english showed us around the apartment. The apartment is on the first floor of an old building. There is a small lift, but there are couple of stairs to get to the lift after you get into the building. The apartment is modern and well decorated is just as in the pictures. The living room has a small balcony that faces the building on the opposite side of the road. The bedroom has a window which faces a courtyard.
There is a bakery and carrefour express just around the corner for supplies. Towels and toilet roll were plentiful. The Kitchen was well stocked. We enjoyed using the induction hob and the nespresso machine. We also took the opportunity to use the washer and dryer.
The Madrid guide books and maps that were in the the apartment came handy.
The apartment is located on a small quiet side road off of a busy road next to the gran via. Once you walk out of the quiet road on to the gran via, buses ( hop-on hop-off and local), metro(santo domingo station ) and taxi were easily accessible.
The location was very convenient for exploring madrid. Lots of shops, restaurants, fast food, cafes (Starbucks), theatres near by , a lot of them open late. The area seems like commercial heart/theatre land of madrid.
Overall another great stay using airbnb.