Highly recommended. Pepa was a kind, thoughtful, and considerate host, who went out of her way to pick me up from the nearby train station on the rainy afternoon I arrived and made sure that there was fresh fruit, bread, and bottled water for me. (The latter is a nice touch, though Madrid's tap water is very good.) I appreciate the skill with which she both made me feel at home in her lovely spacious, quiet apartment and gave me privacy. The layout of her place--with two separate sections on either side of the living room and kitchen separated by doors meant that I had my own little apartment of sorts with three separate room: a good-sized bedroom, a study of sorts, and my own private bathroom. At the same time, I had, whenever I wanted, access to the living room, pretty backyard, and kitchen (stocked with great cookware, appliances, and knives, and a really good induction stove). The train station is a 10-minute walk, with fast, frequent trains to central Madrid. (Seriously: you're there in 15 minutes, which is a faster commute than from Brooklyn to lower Manhattan.) Pepa's area is chockfull of shops, markets, and restaurants, but blessedly quiet at night. Another plus: the sound of birdsong from the backyard in the morning.