A beautiful city similar to Manchester. Most great places to visit are within a short 20 minute walk. The streets are narrow so there is plenty of shade available. A pleasant surprise about the flat was the beautiful sunset from the KITCHEN window a really great view of the rustic rooftops of Madrid with a very clear setting sun into the horizon. A nice gem. The apartment was very homely and me and my three other friends enjoyed watching movies and playing cards in the late evening as the living room was very comfortable and the air conditioning was very good circulating around the flat, not just a fan but proper air conditioning.
The outside of Ana's place is quite distinctive with the sloping stairs, beautiful tree and strangely shaped decorative chairs which makes it easy to go back to after a morning or afternoon spent sightseeing.
Great places to visit (via google maps) the Palace, the beautiful water fountain, the Art museum, the park that has the iconic sunset that hundreds of people come to see, although I enjoyed the bats more when the sun came down and the walk back to the flat at night was great to see as well.
The food was amazing at the many places that we went to, I can remember the Corner, El Sur, Topolino a great buffet place and I can't remember the name of the place that served great churros but that was withing a 4 minute walk of the flat.
All of these places could be easily found from Ana's place and to take a short pit stop back at the flat to drink some water, have some fruit, bought from Dia which is a 3 minute walk from the flat, to then go out again to the next great taste of Madrid.