This apartment is centrally located in the second most prestigious neighborhood in Madrid and just a short bus ride from the most prestigious neighborhood, Salamanca with elegant shops and a great El Cortes Ingles department store which can be reached on foot as well. The neighborhood is a high end residential neighborhood very well served by public transportation, both buses and metro. Despite the residential nature of the neighborhood, tourist sights are short bus or subway rides away and can even be reached on foot. Within a 3 minute walk is a large well stocked supermarket and even closer is a very fancy fruit and vegetable shop and an excellent pharmacy. There are several gyms very close by including my own American fitness chain, Anytime Fitness, a 3 minute walk away and free for American members. Within a 5-6 minute walk is an excellent Lidl shop for some of the best buys on Spanish wine with ratings from the top Spanish wine guide, the guia Penin. Within a few minute walk is an excellent indoor market, Mercado De Pacífico with fish and meat vendors, a gluten free bakery and an excellent fresh pasta shop. A short bus away is a French hypermarket Al Campo (Auchan) with a a huge array of food and goods. For those interested in outdoor activities, the beautiful Retiro park is less than a five minute walk away and is always filled with bikers and joggers. The neighborhood has numerous cafes and restaurants and, if you're willing to search side streets not very far away, 10-12 euro prix fixe lunches with three courses, wine and mineral water can be found off the tourist track. Atocha station is a short bus ride away-even walking distance- or a 5 euro cab ride and from there a local train can be taken to Chamartin station where a fast AVE train leaves for the historic town of Segovia and the trip is about 30 minutes on that train. As for the apartment building it is on a busy avenue but on the back side limiting street noise but, of course, with the usual big city apartment building noises. It is a doorman building with marble floors and paintings on the walls and more than one elevator/lift. If you speak Spanish at all, the doorman is a fantastic guide and raconteur and can tell you how to get places or how olive oil is made in his village, etc. He will help you coming and going and will willingly hail a cab or assist with strollers and baggage or packages. The apartment is clean in a tastefully modern style with a large comfortable bed and good storage in the bedroom. There is an extra room for bags, drying clothes, etc. The living room is comfortable with a TV with all the Spanish channels but if you have a Google Chromecast or a Roku stick, you can watch Netflix, etc. as I did casting from a phone or tablet. The kitchen is...