Juan’s place is fantastic – it’s artistically decorated throughout (he has great taste!), has lots of light from the windows and two sun-roofs and very comfortable with a lounge room, kitchen, bathroom and upstairs bedroom. And the apartment is very centrally located (just around the corner from the Centro de Arte Reina Sofia). We could walk everywhere we wanted to go, but it’s also very close to the metro station if you don’t feel like walking. There are a few flights of stairs to get to the apartment but it’s lovely once you get there. The apartment was immaculately clean with a very well appointed kitchen (all the pots, pans, and utensils you could want, a great coffee machine, stove top, microwave etc) plus Juan very thoughtfully left staples like olive oil, salt, pepper, sugar etc. You may not end up eating at home very much as the tapas in Madrid is delicious, but it’s great to have the option of eating in if you don’t feel like going out every night. The area around Juan’s apartment in Lavapies and neighbouring La Latina is particularly good for tapas, so it was great to be able to get home so easily after going out. Juan was great at responding very quickly to emails & answering all our questions (his English is excellent!) and he gave us very helpful directions in getting to his place from the airport (there’s an airport bus that conveniently goes to Atocha station which is very near his apartment). It was very easy getting the keys and handing them back after our stay and Juan also has a lovely neighbour who was super friendly and helpful in giving us tips about where to go to see the Easter processions & other interesting things in Madrid. In summary, we loved our stay at Juan’s apartment and will definitely be back :-)