Manuel's apartment is simply perfect! It is furnished as we would furnish our own house: contemporary style mixed with some good pieces of traditional furniture. It is a pleasure to spend some relaxing hours at home there. Every piece of furniture, objet or book has been chosen with great taste and attention.
The stones and marbles of the tiles of the bathrooms, the materials of the floors, the air conditioning and the electrical and hydraulic systems, all new and perfectly functioning, are only some of the many virtues of the house.
Adriana is very nice and reliable and comes to clean the house every day if you wish (it's included in the price as described in the ad of Airbnb). Shower gels and shampoos are available as well as soaps for the dishwasher and the washing machine. The kitchen is really fully equipped.
The barrio Las Letras is nice, trendy and most of its roads are pedestrian, being the transit allowed only to residents. This means that the house is really quiet during the day and at night.
The location is perfect to reach in a few minutes of walk most of the main beauties of Madrid, such as the Prado, the Reina Sofia and the Thyssen Bornemisza museums, the Real Jardin Botanico and the Parque de El Retiro. As well as the squares and roads of the center and Atocha Station. The beautiful Caixa Forum Foundation is in the same street of the apartment.
Manuel's instructions and advices regarding places to see or where to eat are very useful and met our tastes. Manuel is an excellent host. We will certainly come back to his house if travelling to Madrid. We felt it like home.