My wife and I travel locally and abroad a lot, and take our holidays seriously, with considerable planning beforehand. We visited Barcelona, staying at a hotel, last year, and earlier this year, we travelled to the beachy English town of Bournemouth .We very much enjoyed our stays and the surroundings on both occasions. Our visit to Madrid, last month, has been a delight in every sense. As a city, Madrid is a true wonder. It offers everything for every age and every generation, and a visit to this wonderful city is a must.
Our experience with regard to accommodations in general have taught us that a wise course, which avoids disappointments, would be to expect something decent rather than perfect. That way, there would be less disappointment if reality fails to match one’s expectations. To our great surprise, however, not only was the apartment excellent in every respect, from size, comfort, modernity and its very central locale, but we also discovered that our kind and very thoughtful land lord, Roque, has literally thought of every conceivable household item that we might need during our one week stay, thus not only saving us money, but also the inconvenience of having to shop for some cooking or other items that we might use just once or twice. The apartment, like we stated, is very quiet and in the very centre of Madrid, so, rather than taking the (very convenient) Metro or a taxi, we chose to walk to places (unless very distant) and enjoy the city at our leisure.
We very much hope to visit Madrid once again in the near future, as there is so much more to see and to enjoy. And, assuming that Roque will accept to take us as tenants back again, we will most certainly want to go to that nice apartment once more.