Summary:
We had a very happy holiday at Javier's beautiful Dove Nest! We'd whole-heartedly recommend this cute and cosy apartment, which is excellently located and reasonably priced. We loved Madrid and would stay at Javier's home again. Book with confidence!

The apartment:
The apartment itself is quite small but perfectly formed and is ideal for a couple. The second room really helps, though: it's big cupboards and desk made it perfect to keep our clothes and possessions so we could relax in the main bedroom. It was absolutely spotlessly clean when we arrived, with fresh towels waiting for us. We loved most of the decoration in the flat and found both the sofa and the bed super comfortable. We were touched by the bottle of wine and coffee waiting for us, too!

The location:
The area is really great, being just a couple of minutes away from the most beautiful church I've ever visited, Basilica of San Francisco el Grande - if you stay here, you absolutely must go! It's a fifteen minute walk to the Palace and tourist areas and half an hour lovely walk to the big museums Prado and Thyssen. If you walk just a little further, you'll reach Centro Centro and Chueca, both of which we especially loved. We spent most of our time walking around Madrid and only hopped on the Metro a couple of times. The Dove Nest is close to everything and it's right near a Metro station - perfect!

The host:
Although we didn't meet Javier in the flesh, he was very friendly and helpful from afar. Javier checked in with us during our stay and gave us some great recommendations. We had one of the best meals of my life at the San Anton mercado in Chueca after he suggested it! It's obvious Javier really wants his guests to have a lovely time and we felt that we could ask him anything and that he'd happily help with anything we needed. We're very grateful. Thanks, Javier!