We had a lovely 3 week stay in Alessandro's place when visiting our daughter who moved to Valencia in Jan 2020, just before Covid and this was the first time seeing her since then. The apartment has everything you could possibly need including a lift which is a huge bonus when you've been out shopping in the warm sunshine, it also makes the property very secure as you need a key to use it. There is good aircon, which we didn't use much as the temperature in September and October is perfect, the bed is super comfortable and there is a brilliant terrace (rare for such a good location) with 2 loungers and table and chairs which we made good use of. If you do need anything Yulia is there to help. As we were there a long time I needed more hangers, she responded straight away and sent someone round with lots of brand new hangers within the hour.
The apartment is in a perfect location, quiet and residential, but 2 minutes away from the historic old town, El Carmen, which we were still discovering after 3 weeks. If you like museums and galleries as we do you'll be in heaven and they're either free or very cheap. The metro, which is very easy to use takes you to the beach or the Arts and Science area and is a 10 minute walk away, or you can walk to the Science area in an hour or so. The city centre with all it's shops and plazas are also only 10 minutes away.
We ate in some great places which were fun to find and took advantage of the menu del dia a few times for lunch 1.30-4ish pm, brilliant value anything from 8 to 15€ for a 3 course meal and sometimes a drink and went down to the beach area for a Sunday lunch paella meal which we took at Casa Cesar El Delfin (highly recommend). I'm missing the Valencian way of life already and we've only been home 48 hours.