Mario's place is wonderful. It was extremely clean, well furnished, had a beautiful living-room-dining room, and all windows open towards the Plaza Mayor (a very dynamic square in the middle of Madrid). Mario and Noelia were very kind and effective, before our trip, and during our stay in their place. They communicated with us in writing promptly, gave us all the advice necessary. Although they were out of town when we arrived, and thus could not personally meet us, they sent their friend Berta. She was there waiting for us, was kind, explained us everything we needed to know about the apartment. She had a pleasant personality. The apartment has brochures and booklets about everything that one can do as a tourist in Madrid. There is also a "personal booklet" that Mario and Noelia put together, with the WiFi information, their telephone numbers, and lists of "advice" for restaurants, supermarkets, etc. We went to see a flamenco show at the place they advised us to go (the name appears in their booklet too, Casa Patas) and we loved it. The apartment is also very quiet in spite of the fact that it overlooks the very busy, and thus noisy Plaza Mayor. The door-windows are all double, and once you close them you do not hear anything from the noise outside, nothing. It is wonderful to be in an apartment where you go downstairs and have coffee shops, restaurants and several markets so close. The San Miguel Market (filled with little restaurants with very fresh food) is at 4 minutes walking distance. If one comes by taxi from the airport, as per Mario's instructions, one tells the taxi driver to take you to Calle Mayor (careful, Calle, not Plaza) No 22 (the address of the apartment is different, and it is a number in the Plaza). There the taxis can stop, and there are 6 steps to the Plaza Mayor, and a left turn, 30 or so steps and you have arrived at the entry of the building where the apartment is. Taxis are cheap in Madrid, and we used them several times. One can also go by walking (7-10 minutes) to Puerta del Sol where a large pedestrian area starts (filled with shops). We also enjoyed the Gines Coffee shop, at 6 minutes (or maybe less) from the apartment where we had a hot chocolate with churros (a delicious Spanish specialty). We had it for breakfast although the locals generally have it during the afternoon. In the San Miguel Market I found a shop which sells seafood dishes, barnacles, scallops, razor mussles. I ate the scallops (not cheap, 10 euros for a plate with 6 scallops) but delicious. I went there twice to have them. There is a market (not very large, but it has everything one needs if one wants to cook at home), on Calle Mayor, also very close to the apartment (7 minutes walk). Conclusion: It is a luxurious apartment, whose pictures present it well, but we...