liked:
- Sylvia was flexible with check-in time
- building is well maintained. it's cleaned everyday.
- apartment was clean, comfortable and had all amenities of home (except one good kitchen knife)
- apartment has blinds and shutters to make it dark inside even during middle of sunny day. great for siesta naps.
- location was perfect for us. just outside of touristy area. neighborhood bars and restaurants were full of locals. all the tourist attractions are just on other side of retiro park so we started and ended each day with a walk across the park. that park is beautiful. can't think of better way to start and end the day. there are grocery stores just next door. lots of places to eat. when you don't feel like walking metro is just 100m down the street. cab to airport was less then 20min and 30 euro. atocha train station 10min cab ride and only 5 euro.
- great place to stay with baby. Sylvia provided high chair and a comfortable baby crib. for evening play time the play area in retiro park is just a short 5min stroll.
didn't like: the air conditioning is really week. barely cools area right in front of it, never mind rest of apartment.
note: street can be noisy until midnight when restaurants close and traffic dies down, but we found with the windows closed we had no problem sleeping