This is a great apartment - four bedrooms, each with their own bathroom, and a large common area for eating/relaxing, hanging out on the two window balconies, etc. Great for our group of 7 (which included two teenagers and a 10 year old.) It is definitely a "hip" neighborhood with lots of nightlife activity (and graffiti on doors, though typical in this area), but the apartment is quite insulated from any street noise. The apartment is on the first floor (second floor to Americans!) so only needing to bring luggage up one flight of stairs was great. It was quite hot the week we were there, but the air conditioning worked beautifully (our other family group in Madrid the same week couldn't say the same about their place). There are many great small restaurants within a few minutes' walk in any direction (and not touristy ones - we went to one restaurant that featured innovative croquets that was amazing), a Dia supermarket one block to the north (note they close 2:30-5 daily for siesta), and Gran Via (the main street, and the metro station) is only 3 blocks away. Pedro y Leo even let us check in early since our flight arrived early from the States, and they dispatched a friend to check us in, who walked us through the apartment, kitchen appliances, etc, which was great. This was our first airbnb experience, and we were extremely pleased.