Gorete’s apartment in Madrid was a pleasure to stay in. It’s spacious, totally quiet, superbly laid out, and has a really luxurious feel. Gorete was traveling on the day we arrived, so her assistant Alicia met us and got us set up. She is warm and friendly, and was able to get us oriented despite her modest amount of English and our modest amount of Spanish and Portuguese. All aspects of the apartment are efficient and luxurious — the bathroom and shower, the kitchen, the living room area with two beautiful and comfortable couches, the TV, the bedroom area with a super-comfortable bed and bedside lamps, the spacious closets with hangers and drawers. The kitchen has a washing machine that works nearly silently. There’s no dryer, but there’s a good drying rack provided, and all of our clothes got dry overnight. The large windows open into a nice courtyard. There’s not a huge amount of light, but the windows are so large that the apartment feels light and open even so. Gorete was very available by airbnb messaging and helped us with getting back and forth to the airport. The location of the apartment is ideal, on a pedestrian street in the heart of the historic district, close to everything you would want to visit on a week’s stay. We rarely used the subway because it was so easy to walk to everything. Restaurants and cafes galore right out the front door. We would happily stay here again.