This apartment was ideal, the location is fantastic, central for just about anything on foot, but with 2 metro stops very close by also. It's set slightly off the Main Street of Gran Via so offers a bit more privacy and peace, but it is a busy area, so a little noise is to be expected, especially if you have the balcony doors open. Our arrival was disrupted by travel delays by quite a few hours, but excellent communication meant that check in at the end of the ordeal was as easy as it would have been at any time of day, we were both impressed and relived by that! The apartment itself has everything you could need for a city stay and the price compared to a hotel, we found, made it fantastic value for money. There is a lift in the building which we were pleasantly surprised to find (judging by past experience!). We hope to visit Madrid again and will be hoping that this, or another of Melvin's apartments, will be available :) Melvin and his team were great, friendly, available and on hand if you needed any help, good advance communication and good service post-check out if you have a later flight. Can't recommend highly enough!