We really enjoyed this apartment. First of all, it's well designed with thoughtful touches throughout. It's quiet and comfortable and has everything we needed for our week in Madrid. We cooked meals and did a few loads of laundry—the kitchen has everything you would need and having a washing machine was really nice. The location couldn't be better. There is a wonderful mercado around the corner and an organic grocery about two blocks away (plus plenty of other grocery options all around). There is a lot of nice shopping close by (smaller independent stores) as well as a busy walking street full of the typical well-known stores you would be familiar with. We love to walk so we literally walked everywhere from this location but there are two subway stations close by if we wanted to get around that way. We would definitely stay here again.