We had an excellent stay in this apartment. It was clean, bright and sunny with lots of windows that overlooked them monastery gardens next door - lots of singing birds!! There are a number of close grocery stores - one is literally across the street - as well as restaurants within a short walk. Three metro stops are within 5 to 7 minute walks so the apartment is very well connected to the rest of the city. You can reach Sol in 20 minutes at the most. For English only speakers, there are no English TV channels, but it is a smart TV and you can access Youtube and Netflix (if you have an account). Note there are two elevators and the one accessing the apartment is at the back of the ground floor - it is new and fairly quick. We found the apartment to be very quiet at night - we slept with our windows open and it was nice to have the storm shutters to block out the light. Everything is just as seen in photos - because of the picture of the building, I thought there was a balcony, but there isn't one which was not an issue. The building is very secure and well maintained. I appreciated how responsive the host was to our questions prior to our arrival and there was a lovely young lady from Minty to meet us. I would highly recommend Elena's apartment.