We had a fantastic time at Juan Carlos’s apartment. It’s in a brilliant location and has everything you need for a stay in Madrid.
It’s small, but really quiet, so you can shut yourself away from the hustle and bustle of the city if you want to.
There are local restaurants offering good deals on set menus (usually Mon - Fri) but there are also lots of supermarkets nearby and the facilities to cook in the apartment if you don’t want to eat out all the time.
It’s minutes away from the Lavapiés metro station, but you can also walk to so many places from here in a short time.
Juan Carlos was a fantastic host, with great communication before we arrived, on arrival and during our stay.
As for recommendations, we’d suggest going to the Cirque du Soleil if you can, Parque Warner theme park if you have a full day (or 2) free and if you speak Spanish, you have to go to the Microteatro on Calle Loreto y Chicote for some amazing, short theatre shows at a cheap price.
Check out Civitatis online for some great walking tours of the city - we did the Ghost walk and the tour of the Barrio de las Letras, which we’re really interesting. We also did a Musical Bar Crawl which we booked through TripAdvisor which took us to some fantastic bars with great bands, which we wouldn’t have found on our own!
Thanks again Juan Carlos, and we hope to stay in your apartment again in the future! 😃