Can’t say anything bad about our stay in Rafa’s apartment.
Rafa contacted me ahead of our arrival date to confirm that he would meet us at the apartment and shared with me different options to get to his place from the airport including price estimates for each option.
On arrival at the apartment, Rafa was there to greet us in person, give us a tour and general run down of the place - inventory, how to use the doors, log into the WiFi etc. and gave me his WhatsApp info to reach him should it be required. (Fortunately we didn’t!!!)
The apartment was an ideal size for our stay of a week. It fitted 4 of us comfortably, and with it being a duplex, we felt that we had space of our own as 2 couples. Showers were powerful and hot! Ample kitchen space with fridge freezer, and tea & coffee facilities (including tea and coffee!). Air con was perfect due to the high temperatures outside and we didn’t hear any noise from neighbours or the streets outside.
Only negative thing (it’s very minor and didn’t hugely impact us or how we felt about the apartment) is the height of the ceilings in the bedrooms/bathrooms and particularly the showers. 3 of the 4 of our party are over 5’10 and showering was very tight (getting under the water from your head down!) and our heads actually touched the ceilings in the upstairs bathroom. But, we only spent time actually getting ready and sleeping in the apartment, so as I said - didn’t really impact us, but just to mindful for anyone tall booking this place!
Really easy to get around the city from our apartment - it’s literally round the corner from Anton Martin metro station and 2 supermarkets. Basically across the road from Las Huertas which had some fab bars and restaurants. The city in general is very walkable from Rafa’s place - we managed to get most places within approx 30-40 minutes (strolling, not power walking) and found that we only used the metro on a couple of occasions.
Rafa checked in with me the night before we were due to check out to let us know the protocol for leaving - really straight forward.
I would highly recommend this apartment for any groups/families of 4 and would definitely look at staying here again next time we’re in Madrid.
Muchas gracias por su hospitalidad Rafa!