This apartment is in a fantastic neighborhood close to many awesome restaurants and also close to El Centro with the Retiro park and Prado. We stayed a week and only used a taxi one time when we discovered everything is within walking distance. The neighborhood Malasaña is very “artsy” but safe and quiet. The apartment was quiet and very clean. It is close to a plaza where you’ll hear children playing with the window open but when you close the window it was completely silent. We highly recommend this place