Madrid, Iowa
This wonderful duplex has 2 bedrooms and is perfect for a holiday with family or friends, as it can accommodate up to 6 people.
It is located in the Salamanca district, a glamorous area full of fine dining restaurants and designer boutiques, especially on the famous "Golden Mile". The inhabitants of these streets frequent Platea Madrid, an exclusive gourmet market located in a former theatre. You'll also find the National Archaeological Museum, which houses works of art and prehistoric relics from the Iberian Peninsula, and the Lázaro Galdiano Museum, where works by Francisco de Goya and El Bosco are on display. Just a few minutes away, you will also find the Buen Retiro Park, the Mint and Stamp Museum and numerous leisure centres.
It has excellent transport links, just 10 minutes from O'Donnell metro station and a few minutes from numerous bus stops.
The flat has 2 bedrooms, one with a double bed and the other with two single beds. The spacious and bright living room has a double sofa bed. The kitchen is fully equipped with all the necessary appliances and utensils to complement your days in the city. It has 2 bathrooms with shower. It also has different elements that will make your stay even more comfortable, such as heating, air conditioning, WiFi and flat-screen TV.
A great opportunity to get to know the capital and everything it has to offer. Are you up for it
The photos of the property look splendid. But please don’t be fooled, these photos must have been taken a long time ago. Upon arrival the property smelt like a cigar shop and clearly hadn’t been cleaned properly. The property is furnished as shown in the photos, but clearly wear and tear has had a massive effect since. It’s in need of new furniture and a re paint. The hosts were very very unhelpful. Didn’t check to see if we had checked in okay, no communication at all. The apartments key is via a phone link that you are sent (very helpful as all guest have a key), however the hosts can set the lock time. On the final night, the online key was accidentally set by the hosts to lock at 00:00 instead of our check-out time of 11:00am. This meant when we arrived back at the apartment, we were locked out ALL night. I tried ringing and messaging the host throughout the night but no answer, they claim they have 24/7 service but this isn’t true. At around 8am we finally were allowed access to the apartment and we agreed with the host that we can extend the check-in till 12:00 due to the inconvenience and need to sleep, we even arranged with the host for the cleaners to turn up later. We were instead awoken by the cleaners at 11:00 before we had chance to wake up and clean. The cleaners went round whilst we was still in the apartment and took photos. These photos were then used to withhold our deposit (even though after the photos were taken we cleaned up everything) AVOIDDD
Property was in a good location. Clean and comfortable. Upstairs bathroom had a very low ceiling so my husband and sons had to use the downstairs shower but that was only a very minor inconvenience.
This apartment is rented out through a professional agency and is only serving as a rental apartment. This means that all is kept to a bare minimum. So the kitchen equipment is very scars. The top floor has a very low sealing and is was difficult to stand there (even for my wife) and thus I could not use the topfloor shower. It was not very clean upon arrival - only quickly cleaned. Communication during the stay was good, but before the stay it was very slow and and not fulfilling. the agency insists on having all communications and payment done through other channels than VRBO, which is also not very comforting. All in all we would not choose this apartment again.