Maria was so kind and welcoming. We communicated before my arrival on how to meet up and exchange keys and her welcoming me to the AirBnB, and she asked about my train arrival times so she could make sure she was home. My friend and I ended up missing our train and had to catch a later one, but had no way of communicating and she was waiting for us at the AirBnB the whole time!
She also recommended to us an amazing cute restaurant in the neighborhood, which is very authentic and homey.
The apartment is really cool and nicely decorated, and very clean. The Wi-Fi is strong which I feel like is important when you are traveling. We were put in the back room, which was really nice and charmingly decorated and the main apartment Wi-Fi apparently isn't strong there, so Maria had a separate Wi-Fi for that room which was nice!
The AirBnB is close to a few metro stations on different lines, which is very convenient. Every cafe and restaurant in the neighborhood seemed very authentic and not touristy. I remember on my last night I forgot to get a postcard and walked around for 30min near the apartment and couldn't find any souvenir shops - unfortunately I couldn't find a postcard but that also just shows how authentic and untouched this neighborhood is!
There were also a lot of cool and hip bars in this neighborhood.
Also Maria is such a great host. We had a very early morning flight and so she called us a taxi at 5am.
Such a sweet woman and if I'm ever in Madrid again I would hope to be hosted by Maria again! :)