This Central Topfloor Apartment is located close to the center of Valencia (about 15 minutes by walking). It has spacious living area, two full sized bedrooms + one smaller room, which can also be used as a bedroom. Kitchen also has everything that is needed for a comfortable stay.

There are several elements that are useful to know ahead of time, connected with arrival and with staying during winter periods.

Prior to our arrival, we received instructions of how to enter the apartment with a code and making a call from our phone, which had to be registered in the system ahead of time. We left two mobile phone numbers, but unfortunately, making a call from any of those phones and following the instructions did not open the entrance door to the building for us, thus we were lucky to be let in by neighbors before we dialed Maria.

Though it is very warm in Valencia during the day even in the end of December, it gets colder at nights, thus it was quite cool in the apartment before we switched the air conditioning on and to heat mode. When several electrical appliances are on at the same time, an electric switch for the apartment would go off, so it is very useful to know that it is located right up on the wall, above the entrance door. We also had an unfortunate electricity shut off for the whole apartment, but Maria's mother was very nice and prompt with finding help and fixing what apparently was a problem in the building, not inside of the apartment - and it was done in the evening of December 31st (even though it took approximately 5 hours and 2 electricians to fix). Thus, we were very happy and thankful that this was resolved at such a holiday time and we still had a few hours to prepare for the New Year celebration. Another useful thing to know is that the water pump button in the bathroom should be on in order for the hot water and for the toilet flush to work (it is 8th floor, thus this is very useful and assures good water pressure).

Mattresses and pillows were ok for the kids and me but were a problem for my wife. It is probably an issue for anyone who is very sensitive to the quality of pillows and mattresses and require orthopedic ones due to spine problems.

Overall, we enjoyed our stay in Valencia with many restaurants and grocery shops just around the corner from the apartment. Subway and busses are just a few steps away. Taxies are also readily available on the street if needed.