The apartment has a very good location and it is placed at the ground floor. It is very central: 15 min walk to the Royal Palace, 20 min walk to the Opera, 10-15 min walk to Plaza Mayor, 15 min walk to Sol, 20 min walk to Gran Via, 25-30 min walk to Museo del Prado. You can basically walk everywhere and you don`t need to take public transportation to all the turistic places. I totally recommand this apartment if you want to be in the heart of Madrid.
The host is very nice and helpful, even though she doesn`t speak english very well. You will not have communication problems. But would be great if you understand some Spanish as well.
I think the apartment was too expensive for what it offered. We payed for 9 nights 842 euros. When we arrived we were informed that the oven was not working. Since we visited Madrird during the Christmas period, we were also planing to celebrate Christmas Eve with some proper Christmas meals but instead we had to compromise. Otherwise the kitchen was nice and clean. So pls ask Ana about the kitchen when booking. If you don`t cook at all and eat out all the time, then it`s not a problem for you.
The apartment has some ventilation problems. The two bedrooms have very small windows in the corner next to the ceiling. And there is a dusty smell in the apartment. During the summer maybe there is better ventilation in the apartment since you can leave windows open. During the winter the apartment is not very well ventilated and you can`t stay with the windows open all the time because it gets cold. Unfortunately, you can also see the dust on the furnitire surfaces or in different corners of the rooms. In general the apartment looks clean when you enter but after you settle in you notice the dust on the surface,
The beds sheets and towels were clean. You have enough towels to change during your stay. You have everything you need in the bathroom: shower gel, shampoo, hand soup, toilet paper, hair dryer and a small bin with trash bags. That was very nice. The kitchen also has kitchen towels.
Because the vantialtion is not very good, there is also mould in the bathroom on the tiles and on the shower wall and unfortunately also some spider webs. There is a small mechanical ventilation in the bathroom but not sure how well it is working because it has dust stuck in it. This was not very pleasent. The clean towels are placed in the utility shaft which is not exactly clean.
Unfortuantely, cleaning the apartment was not an option because the mop and the bucket was dirty. The mop was filled with hair from previous use.
The apartment is ok for a short stay, during the summer you should not have problems staying there, and the location is amasing. You basically pay for the location, not the apartment itself. Ana is a great host but it is a shame that the apartment is not completly as described on the booking. It looks like in the pictures but the pictures are very misleading.