Sonia's apartment is beautiful - very clean, spacious and attractive with lots of useful amenities. Six bedrooms, three en-suite and three with separate bathrooms, all with showers and soap, towels and bed linen included, and a small room with a convertible sofa bed. The beds were all comfortable and large and the bedrooms are spacious, light and clean with plenty of pillows and wardrobe space. The kitchen was great with two ovens, two washing machines, a fridge and a large microwave and plenty of pots and pans and kitchen equipment. the large table was great for communal breakfast before going out for the day, but meant that there was not much space to move round in the kitchen. The living area was nice but a bit small and two of the three sofas were not that comfortable, but ok to sit on for a few drinks and a chat after being out. For our party of 6, for 3 nights, this apartment was perfect, but for more than 8 people, or for a longer time, things may not be as comfortable.
The apartment is very central and we could walk easily to several areas of Madrid. The Royal Palace was 5 minutes walk 'down the hill' and Plaza Mayor and Plaza San Miguel was 5 minutes walk 'up the hill'. The Prado and Retiro park were the other side of town and still only 20 minutes straight walk. Sol is 10 minutes away. Within a few minutes of the apartment are San Gines Chocolate and Churro café, a good sized supermarket and several bars. There was even a tapas restaurant next door. the apartment could be noisy but that is the price to be paid for the central location.
Sonia was the perfect host, she went through a map with us, pointing out good restaurant, flamenco venues, tapas and bars and she is very quick responding to messages and emails, and a very lovely lady! I will definitely come back to Madrid, and will come back to Sonia's beautiful apartment if I'm ever with a large group again. Thanks for a great stay, Sonia :-)