From the apartment, my husband and I were able to walk everywhere: Prado Museum, Puerta del Sol, Palacio Real, Mercado de San Miguel. There are 3 plazas in adjacent blocks: Angel, Matute, and Santa Ana. Typical with city life, the streets can be noisy. Closing the balcony doors helped a lot but bring earplugs if you’re particularly sensitive.
All the essentials were provided: kitchen items, hair dryer, linens, towels, shampoo. Because we pack very light, the clothes washer & dryer were very important! It's a combo unit and a bit tricky to figure out; had to Google the manual. Basically, using the 30 minutes cycle was all we needed.
Gorete and her assistant, Alicia, were easy to work with. We had a moment of panic when my bank shut down my credit card in error. Gorete and Alicia suggested how to fix the problem. As an avid traveler, this has never happened before. Lesson learned: use Skype to make the collect call to your bank. Collect calls cannot be made on mobile phones and apps like WhatsApp are useless for this.
Highly recommend apartment Huertas 2C and Gorete as your host!