Pilar’s place was very clean, comfortable, and well appointed. It has all the amenities you might need and the location was very practical — Malasaña is a very happening neighborhood with tons of cool restaurants and bars. Although the area is active late into the night, the street where the apartment is located is actually not bad in terms of noise from passersby/late-night revelers (especially with the shutters closed). However, since the apartment is on the first floor, we were woken up in the early hours (5-6am) three mornings in a row by a very loud street sweeper…which isn’t very fun when you’re not planning to wake up that early.