My husband and I stayed in Josu and Irene’s apartment for 5 days in Bilbao. The apartment was comfortable, clean and in a really great central location. It is very close to the Ribera market (great selection of pintxos and wine) and in the heart of the Old Quarter with all its pintxos bars and wonderful selection of eating places. As mentioned in other reviews, the apartment is in a lively part of Bilbao which can be noisy at night, especially on Friday and Saturday nights (Saturday night being the noisiest). I am a light sleeper and managed to sleep through the noise but we were prepared as we brought our own ‘white noise machine’ as well as our own ear plugs. Josu and Irene are wonderful hosts. Extremely responsive to our questions and helpful with suggestions on what to do, where to visit and where to eat - even meeting us one evening to help translate a few menus for us. We felt very taken care of in this wonderful city which really made our holiday stress-free and enjoyable. One of the things we found really helpful was the pick-up and drop off from the airport that both Josu and Irene provided for us. We had a very early flight in the morning which was delayed and by the time we landed in Bilbao, we were very grateful not to have to deal with how to get to the apartment, as Josu picked us up and also showed us a beautiful scenic viewpoint of Bilbao en-route to the apartment - all for 20Euros (which is very reasonable as a taxi is about 30-32 Euros). Also, as we had a late afternoon flight on the way back, Irene and Josu very kindly offered to keep our bags whilst we killed time in the city, and then took us to the airport – for another 20Euros. We can’t praise and thank Josu and Irene enough for being amazing hosts for our trip – they were very attentive and generous with their time, which we appreciated very much.