My wife and I absolutely adored this apartment and the surrounding neighbourhood. We had a very comfortable 3 nights here and enjoyed many of the restaurants, cafes and bars on the streets nearby.
Mariola was an excellent host and always great at responding to our messages. Her local recommendations were also very welcome and we enjoyed visiting a number of them.
Barrio is a very convenient station, although we rarely used it. Madrid always feels best enjoyed on foot and we found we could get to most places we wanted to visit in 30 minutes or under.
One recommendation I would make is to bring earplugs if you are sensitive to noise. Madrid is not a quiet city and Saturday night in particular was quite noisy. We have found this everywhere we have stayed in Madrid though over the years so just come prepared!
A local sight we particularly enjoyed was Museo Sarolla, which is a charming house that belonged to the artist Sarolla and contains a beautiful garden and a large collection of his fantastic work. We were not acquainted with Sarolla before, but we were very moved by his family-centric art and it felt unexpectedly personal to see these intimately captured family portraits in the house that once belonged to them.