DThis apartment is located on a busy street, but the apartment faces an interior courtyard and so there is no street noise at all. Within 20 metres of the front entrance are a bakery/coffee shop, a small shop with delicious empanadas, two bar/cafes and a cab stand and across the street is the truly wonderful Retiro park. It is an easy walk (around 20 minutes) to two of the big three Madrid museums, the Prado and the Thyssen, and about twice that, mostly through the park, to the Reine Sophia.
The apartment itself was very clean and well equipped with a very modern kitchen, three bedrooms and three bathrooms. The middle bedroom is a bit smaller than the other two and has two single beds so in our case that was where the kids slept, but there is adequate closet space in all three bedrooms and space to store suitcases without having to step over them. The living/dining room was bright and comfortable.
Javier, the owners’ representative, was helpful and easy to reach and the key handoff was simple.
The only minor quibbles would be squeaky floors in some rooms and a little noise at times from neighbouring apartments, all of which are normal in a building dating from the 1920s and did not bother us.
The air conditioning worked well and was easy to operate as was the washer dryer, which was much appreciated and got a fair workout as we’d been travelling for several weeks by the time we reached Madrid.
For us the apartment was perfect.