Great location at Santa Anna Plaza--- near Melia Hotel & a flamenco club, across a late night convenience store, a half block from a grocery store and steps from great tapas restaurants, night clubs and fun shopping. From the airport, we took a train, made one transfer and got off the “Sol” stop which is at the Plaza Puerta Del Sol and a 15 minute walk to Ramon’s place. The train cost 2.6 euros per person. One could have also taken the METRO subway to save one euro but the subway had more stops and could take longer. Taxis are a flat rate 30 euro to/from airport & Madrid’s center/Santa Ana Plaza. Plaza Mayor and all the museums are 15-25 minute walk away with lots of fun shops/cafes on the way.
Ramon’s place was perfect and spacious enough for my husband, three kids ages 18-22, and me. The pictures are accurate, the kitchen was well equipped and there was even laundry detergent for the washer. We were very thankful for the A/C given the heat wave during our stay. My son said the sofa double bed was comfortable too.
Didn’t meet Ramon or his friend Marco but they were responsive to emails and texts. One problem we had was that my phone did not work at the airport or in the train. So when we arrived 25 minutes late for our agreed check-in time, we had to wait for over an hour outside in 40C/105F heat which after a very long overseas delayed flight, was not pleasant. Should this happen to you, suggest asking someone exiting the building to let you wait in the lobby. Had we known there was a cool lobby to wait in we would have done this sooner!
Highly recommend Ramon and his place, would definitely love to return, thanks Ramon!