This review is for Isabel's apartment in Malasaña, Madrid for some reason (at the moment) the name of the apartment indicates it is in Barcelona.

Isabel's apartment is fantastic—she met us and made us feel at home immediately. The huge benefit of the apartment being on the third floor is that it is bathed in light from the courtyard windows, lightwell, and street windows. Sure, it's a ton of stairs but if you are moderately fit you'll be fine! We hauled our 8-month old baby up and down the stairs several times a day during our 12-night stay, and it was worth it for us!

The apartment is very very well equipped and tastefully designed; it's located in a wonderful neighbourhood in Madrid near cafés and restaurants. Madrid's centre is so small, it's a fairly easy walk anywhere!

Our only complaint is that the neighbours across the street hosted incredibly loud parties on Friday and Saturday nights. This isn't your average weekend big-city noise (e.g., revelry from the street); this was sort of like there was a DJ and a party happening in the bedroom. We ended up giving up and moving to the couch some of those nights!