We recently stayed in madridvand found staying in an apartment to be much more practical than a hotel. There is a grocery store nearby, lots of shopping, easy access to the subway system and city tours. The location is very central. Dana was a fantastic host, verybaccommodating and responded quicklybto any questions we had. My only concern was that we were not able to access the internet but i am not cettain thatnitbwas not just limitations of my device. I would definitely use airbnb again and cannot say enough about dana as a host. Forget renting a room and enjoy madrid living like a local.