This apartment is perfect and Diego is absolutely wonderful, kind, easy to communicate with and interesting. This has been our home away from home for the last six weeks and we could not have asked for a better place for our family (two adults and two children under 12). I could write a book about how wonderful our stay here was, so instead I asked the kids what their review was: "perfect", "wonderful" and "best place in Spain" so, there you have it.
First, after living here for almost two months, I believe Triana, and specifically the apartment's location within Triana, is the best place to stay in Sevilla. It is outside the major tourist section, but still very close, just across the beautiful Triana bridge. Every day in the mornings and evenings we crossed the bridge and walked along the river and walked the bustling pedestrian-only Calle Jacinto. There are great restaurants, tapas bars, grocery stores, bread stores, the Mercado de Triana, bicycle rental locations, etc. all within a stone's throw.
The apartment itself is ideal. Large, sparkling clean, well-decorated and beautifully furnished. The kitchen had every possible thing needed to cook at home, the instant hot water meant we could take showers one after another without waiting for the water to heat back up, the living room and dining room are spacious and comfortable, the beds and bedding are lovely. The central heat kept the whole apartment warm without needing to fuss with separate wall heaters in each room. The apartment complex is very safe (locked gates) and very clean. It has a huge, incredibly clean and beautiful courtyard that was an ideal place for our children to get time outside in a very safe location. Everyone we met in the complex was kind. And to top it all off, there is parking direclty under the building!
Like all Spanish apartments we could definitely hear our upstairs and next-door neighbors more than we would have liked, but we have learned that that is nearly inevitable here. The two bedrooms with twin beds are quieter because you only hear the upstairs neighbors and not the next door neighbor. Because of the location of the unit within the complex there was absolutely no outside street noise at all, however.
Because we lived here for so long, and because our experience was so wonderful, this apartment will live as part of our family memories forever. I hope that somehow we are able to return to Sevilla again, and if we do we would without question, stay here again. Thank you Diego!!