We only have good things to say about our stay in Alvaro's place. The location of the apartment is great and hip neighborhood of malasana full of restaurants and bars and super close to the shopping street which ended up being very convenient. Alvaro was very kind and helpful with tips and recommendations about what to do in Madrid. The apartment is very nice, nicely decorated and the building has great and interesting pictures taken by Alvaro himself. We had a great ti,e and we can only recommend his place.