Brad was an exceptional host, as almost every other reviewer here has already noted – he clearly goes out of his way to look after his guests while also insisting on their freedom to make full use of his apartment.

We drove into Seville, and were a bit unsure about how we would get parked. Brad had told me that he would meet us and show us where we could park for free nearby but I somehow fluked my way into a free parking spot just a couple of hundred yards up the street from his door – Brad tells me in all his time living in Seville he has never managed to park on that street!

He showed us around the apartment, reassuring us throughout that it was ours to use as we saw fit and not to be limiting ourselves to our bedroom, and then he was off. We met him again a few times throughout the stay, and he always made us feel like we were regular flatmates rather than unwanted guests. On our final night, we blundered when opening the door to leave the apartment, accidentally letting it swing wide and bashing it into a clay flower pot behind the door. The pot was smashed and we were mortified, but when I texted Brad to let him know and to tell him we would replace/pay for it he insisted (whether truly or not) that it was a very cheap pot and he absolutely would not take payment for it. We bumped into him that night again in Los Coloniales where he was meeting old friends, and he showed a great sense of humour about it, joking that the pot was brought back from the war by his great-great-grandfather who had a lung removed and the pot sewn into his chest to smuggle it into the states, etc... Despite our idiotic accident, he left us completely at ease about it.

The apartment is spotlessly clean, the location couldn't be better, and the host is a generous, hospitable, humorous and warm man who clearly loves the city and is more than happy to share it with others.

Tip: go to Los Coloniales (tapas bar on corner of Plaza opposite Brad's) early to get a table outside before they start serving at 8pm. And only order the tapas – the racións are enormous! The solomillo al whisky (pork loin with gooey cloves of garlic in a whisky sauce) is absolutely delicious, as are the chicken in almond sauce and the quail's eggs and chorizo.

Muchos gracias Brad! Hasta luego!