On arrival we were greeted by Carmelos son who was very helpful and gave us a quick tour around the apartment. After settling in and having a shower, we went out to explore and were blown away by just how close this apartment was to literally EVERYTHING. Retiro is a short walk to the left, palace a short walk to the right. Everything was so local.

The apartment is very spacious, very well designed and small things like an ironing board, hair dryer etc that you wouldn't necessarily think of are provided for you, along with shower gel and shampoos etc.

Carmelo was very warm and friendly, always wearing a smile and happy to help with anything. His English is very good so you can comfortably have a full conversation, like we did on the evening we arrived!

This apartment is more than worth the money on just the location alone let alone how lovely it actually is.

There is a cocktail bar over the road called Martinez which I would thoroughly recommend you try. €5 for a G&T is so cheap!!

There was a smell in the bathroom, as people have commented previously but it isn't much of a deal. Smells like there might be a blocked pipe. But really you only notice it when you first enter the bathroom and it goes within minutes.

All in all, a great apartment, great host and amazing city. Will hopefully be back one day!