I cannot say enough about Maribel's apartment! We spent a month and a half in her apartment and we went there to study and conduct personal business. So we needed a place that was very comfortable and with convenient access to public transportation, a well equipped kitchen, and comfortable furnishings for our long stay. Maribel's apartment checked all the boxes!
In addition to being very comfortable, it is also very attractive, very well furnished with plenty of towels and linens and very well located in a residential zone that has everything you could possibly need within a very short walking distance. Her apartment is on the first floor of a 5-story residential building in a nice and quiet residential neighborhood. It has air-conditioning which is a must since Europe and Madrid experienced the hottest temperatures ever recorded in history during our stay. Madrid had several days in a row of over 100 degree F weather.
The neighborhood is residential, family-oriented very safe and has everything you need within a very short walking distance. There are several small and a very large park nearby. There are several grocery stores within a short 3 to 4 minute walk: Carrefour, Supercor, & Dia, several small fresh fruit and vegetable shops, bakeries, pharmacies, restaurants, coffee shops, many tapas bars in all different directions, butcher shops, shoe repair places, clothing stores, bookstore, office supplies, photocopy shops and a dry cleaners.
Best of all, it is very close to 3 separate bus stops that give you access to 7 different bus lines and the Parque de las Avenidas metro stop for line # 7 (Orange line). All of these bus stops are within a 2 to 5 minute walk from the apartment. We used them every day to conduct our daily business and to attend the various appointments we had every day. Our trip required us to go to many parts of the city so we were delighted to see how easy it was to have quick and convenient access to the excellent public transportation Madrid has.
If you are traveling light without heavy suitcases, you can reach her apartment via the bus or metro system and not even need a taxi. In addition, should you need it, there is a taxi stand also within a 3 minute walk. Her apartment is very attractively and comfortably furnished and very well equipped. You can tell upon entering her apartment that Maribel pays attention to the smallest detail and ensures that her guests have everything they need to be comfortable.
We appreciated her flexibility to arrange checking in on a Friday afternoon after our classes and the ease of checking out for an early flight out a month and a half later. She was also very accesible from prior to making the reservation, answering all my questions quickly and also responding within hours with answers to address your questions or concerns during our stay there. As I stated before, we spent a month and a half at her place and since my daughter is vegan and I also follow a special diet, we needed an apartment that had a well-equipped kitchen.
Hers is a cook's dream kitchen! Maribel's apartment checked ALL the boxes. It had all the pots and pans and cooking utensils we needed, all the dishware, glasses, cups, silverware, and small kitchen tools like potato peeler, wine opener, bottle opener, plastic containers for leftovers and small kitchen appliances like a toaster, a Nescafe coffeemaker, a blender, a small juicer. These are the kinds of items a cook really needs but that other short-term rental apartments often lack. There is a 3- burner smooth top electric cook top, a full-size refrigerator with a spacious bottom freezer, an oven, a microwave, a dishwasher and a washing machine. In addition, she had all the cleaning equipment that we needed and products ti care of everything appropriately. For us, it was like being at home! We will definitely return to Maribel's apartment next year.
I highly recoomend