Hilda’s place is just gorgeous, every detail was thought of. The decor is very tasteful and chic, it feels very cozy. Anything you would ever need to cook or prepare food can be found in the kitchen. There are two terraces looking into the street with big beautiful wooden glass doors that open so you can take your morning coffee out and watch the world go by. There are also wooden doors to close at night (this seems common in Spain) to block the light for anyone sleeping in the living room. The lighting in the apartment was well thought out, you have lots of natural light in the living room and lovely light fixtures in both rooms.
The bedroom has big armoire’s for storage and there was plenty of space to unpack even though the apartment is on the smaller side. We never felt cramped in the space, we are a family of three and used both the pull out bed and bedroom.
The bathroom was sparkling clean and has a lovely big shower with great water pressure. Just like the rest of the place, the bathroom is very tastefully appointed. Plenty of soft luxurious towels too.
Hila’s house keeper met us to let us in and showed us around. We were able to get in early to leave our bags and also were able to leave our bags after check out time so we could explore the city before our late afternoon train, Hila was very accommodating.
The location is perfect too, the apartment is in the trendy Malasaña neighborhood with lots going on, however the apartment is on a quiet side street to you won’t have much noise. If you sleep in the front room you may hear some cars go by and I always bring earplugs so I was fine. There’s a Metro stop very near by and you’re within 15-25 minutes walking to almost all the big sites, Royal Palace, Prado, Buen Retiro, Gran Via.
The neighborhood has lots of restaurants and boutique shops. There seems to be some controversy over the gentrification of the neighborhood which you’ll see signs for. Coming from San Francisco this is something we’ve seen a lot of at home. It won’t disrupt your stay, just adding as a note for the curious.
We were sad to leave this beautiful apartment! I highly recommend Hila’s place!!
She was also very responsive if we needed anything and would get back to me in minutes of messaging.