Our host was very nice. We only saw her once on arrival but during our stay we sent several emails to each other and everything went very smooth. She responds quickly to mails and left a map for us on arrival and explained where supermarkets and bakeries were. The neighborhood was very good for us -but is not a tourist area which we liked very much. Everything you need is within reach, but if you want do do the "tourist areas" it is quite a walk. The apartment is located in the middle between Cuidad Vella and port area, but very close to Cuidad de las Artes y las Ciencias. Taxi's are cheap- about 6 euro to the old town. We had a very nice stay in Valencia.