Joanna was a lovely and accommodating host, meeting us during the middle of a weekday to let us in and show us around, giving us tips on local places to try, and allowed us a generous late checkout on the Sunday. The place itself is a thing of beauty; fabulous works of art adorn all the walls, furnishings are tasteful and chic, and there is a veritable library of art books to leaf through if you have time, plus a nice jazz CD collection which added to the mood. We enjoyed eating fresh local oranges on the terrace on a particularly warm day (it really is a great sun trap) and the friendly neighbors’ cat, and again this Saturday night where we watched the annual carnival go by. This place is in the thick of it, it really is a special neighbourhood with THE best / cutest pattisierie coffee shop (Dulche Con Lèche) just a two mini walk away. Joanna’s place has enough facilities to cook for yourself if you needed to, though there is plenty of amazing food nearby. Actually we were really spoiled for choice; even if you somehow (?!!) got tired of tapas, there is sushi and Portuguese, a German beer house and an indoor street food market place that seemed to be open fairly late and did a fantastic burger. The place was easy to get to and find, just a ten min walk from the metro station at Valencia Nord station. Not a problem for us (helped by burning off tapas calories!) but its worth mentioning the place is on the 4th floor so there are a fair few steps, but it’s totally worth it and it’s a beautiful staircase too. All in all Joanna’s place was the perfect place to stay, in the most charming neighbourhood imaginable - we are extremely happy it was part of our first trip to Valencia and Spain, and we recommend it unreservedly.