Comfortable apartment in Cortes/Barrio Letras

Enjoy a few unforgettable days in Madrid in this cozy, bright and quiet apartment in the center of Madrid. It is perfect for short and long stays for professionals, visitors, Erasmus, diplomatic corps, etc. in the heart of the center of Madrid.
It is an exterior apartment, bright, on the 3rd floor, with elevator, with two balconies to Santa Catalina street which is very quiet.
Recently renovated. High quality finishes. Furnished.
Living-dining room of 20 m2, with sofa bed for two people, table for four people, TV, DVD player, Wifi fiber optic included in the price.
Bedroom with double bed of 1,60 m with sofa, and 2 built-in closets with mirror.
Full bathroom with shower and bathtub.
Fully equipped independent kitchen (oven, ceramic hob, washer-dryer, dishwasher, microwave, fridge-freezer, and small appliances (juice extractor, blender, blender, electric and espresso drip coffee maker, water heater, water purifier, toaster etc.) and complete kitchenware (pots, pans, etc.). In addition there is vacuum cleaner, iron, ironing board, etc. air conditioning.
Central heating with adjustable temperature. The air conditioning is of the individual heat pump type.
Privileged location. Safe and guarded area since it has a doorman (concierge) and is located opposite the Congress of Deputies guarded 24 hours a day.

The area is surrounded by restaurants, terraces and tapas bars, stores, commercial areas, close to the most interesting nightlife and entertainment venues, theaters and historical monuments of the city.
It is within walking distance of the central Puerta del Sol and Neptuno and the Prado, Thyssen-Bornemisza and Reina Sofia museums, CaixaForum.
It is also very close to Plaza Santa Ana, the Ateneo de Madrid, Plaza Mayor, and the green lung of Madrid (Botanical Garden and Retiro Park).
A 15-minute walk from the Plaza de Oriente and the Almudena Cathedral and the neighborhood of Chueca.
At 50 meters there is a public parking, open 24 hours. Very close to the apartment there are several bus stops and subway stations to reach all the neighborhoods of Madrid. 10 minutes walk from the special bus to Barajas airport and Atocha train station (AVE).
Nearby RENFE (Atocha and Puerta del Sol stations) and Metro (Sevilla, Banco de España, Puerta del Sol, Antón Martín stations) several bus stops (lines 1, 5, 150, 50, 51, 52, 20, 15, 10, 9, 14, 34, 37, 27, 45). Night buses (M2, N2, N18, N19, N20, N21, NC1 and NC2, MetroBúhos that reproduce the route of metro lines 2 and 5).

How to move
To travel on Metro or bus in Madrid you need a Public Transport Card (TTP) loaded with a valid ticket type for the journey you wish to make.
The Multi card is a multi-personal, reloadable, contactless public transport card which is valid for ten years that can be used in conjunction with different types of tickets. The price of a Multi card is €2.50. It can be purchased and charged at any Metro de Madrid ticket machines. There is one at Barajas Airport. The 10-Journey Ticket is valid for Metro, TFM, Metro Ligero 1, Metro Ligero Oeste and city and intercity buses.
It must be validated by the readers on the operator’s equipment. One journey is deducted for each validation and the remaining journey balance appears on the screen of the validation equipment. Other passengers can use the service with the same card, as long as they begin and end their journey together. Tobacconist’s and other authorised are also points of sale. There is one in Cedaceros Strret

The airport connects with the center of Madrid thanks to the city buses of the Empresa Municipal de Transportes (EMT).
The taxi price from Madrid-Barajas airport to the center of Madrid has a fixed cost of 33€ each way. The transport of your luggage is free of charge for any of the fares that apply.
There is also the Express bus (yellow) (5,00€). It takes 15-20 minutes by day and 35 minutes by night. The price of the ticket is 5 euros. You can pay on the bus itself in cash (maximum exchange rate: 20 euros) or with a bank card or mobile phone.
You get off at the Plaza de Cibeles stop.
There are several ways to get to the apartment.
You can walk about 200 m. to Plaza de Neptuno and turn right up Carrera de San Jeronimo.
Another way is to take a bus in the stop nº 73. Take any of the buses that say their final destination is Sol-Sevilla (lines 5, 150, 20 or 53).
In a few minutes you will reach Cedaceros street. Then you walk towards Carrera de San Jerónimo. You turn left and you will see the Mexican flag of the Mexican Embassy.
The number of the building is 44. Then you ring us. The apartment is 3-F. I open the door and go down to receive you.
If you arrive from Chamartín Station, take bus no. 5, and get off at the last stop, on Cedaceros street.

How to get around the area
It is very well connected to the center and all points of interest in Madrid. Very close to the apartment there are several bus stops and subway stations to reach all the neighborhoods of Madrid.
Walking 8 minutes, in Plaza de Neptuno, in Paseo de la Castellana, you can take buses to Avenida de la Castellana: buses 14 (Conde De Casal-Pío XII), 45 (Legazpi-Reina Victoria), and 27 (Embajadores-Intercambiador de Plaza De Castilla) which leads directly to Plaza De Castilla
The Prado Museum, and the Thyssen Museum are in Plaza de Neptuno. Continuing along the Paseo del Prado, you can visit the Botanical Garden and the Museum of Contemporary Art Reina Sofia.

The Barrio de Las Letras is located in the heart of the city, right in the middle of two other areas of high tourist interest such as Sol-Gran Vía and Paseo del Arte.
It is known by this name for being the place where some of the most important writers of the Golden Age of Spanish Literature (XVII century) resided: Cervantes, Lope de Vega, Quevedo, Tirso de Molina and Góngora chose this neighborhood to establish their residence in the capital.
There were the comedy corrals of the Príncipe de la Pacheca, currently the Teatro Español, or the one of La Cruz to enjoy the great plays that were performed there. The best comedies of the authors of the Golden Age were premiered on the stage of the Prince's playhouse.
While the Teatro de la Cruz had the honor of hosting the premieres of El sí de las niñas by the illustrious Leandro Fernández de Moratín, the opera El barbero de Sevilla by Rossini or Don Juan Tenorio by Zorrilla.
The remains of Miguel de Cervantes are in the Church of the convent of the Trinitarias Descalzas, located between the streets of Huertas and Lope de Vega. According to his will, Miguel de Cervantes requested to be buried in the convent church in gratitude to the Trinitarians who freed him from five and a half years of captivity in Algiers, in the hands of the Barbary pirates.

On May 14, 1896, during the San Isidro festivities, Madrid premiered the first movie theater in Spain and projected the first films of the Lumière brothers, in the extinct Hotel Rusia, at number 34, Carrera de San Jerónimo.
From 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m., with two interruptions at lunchtime, the prodigy of moving images could be seen in 20-minute shows.
The recorded scenes came from the young Frenchman Alexandre Promio.
Just a few months earlier, in 1985, Louis and Auguste Lumière had screened their first films in Paris.
Three days later, the royal family, led by the Regent Maria Cristina, sat in the front row of the first Spanish cinema.
The screening cost one peseta and ran from 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m.

If you are interested in visiting the Opera House and the Royal Palace, from Carrera de San Jeronimo, head towards Cedaceros street, and turn left on Calle de Alcala. Then you take Calle de la Virgen de los Peligros up to Avenida Gran Vía, and turn left to the Gran Vía Metro station.
There you take line 5 towards Casa de Campo. There are only three stops: the Plaza de Callao shopping center, the Opera House, the Royal Palace, or the Casa de Campo Park (1722.6 hectare), declared a Historic Site of Cultural Interest.
In the Casa de Campo Park, you can visit the Amusement Park, the zoo, and the artificial lake, built in the 15's.

Another place you can visit is the viewpoint of the Faro de Moncloa in the University City of Madrid.
It is a lighting tower 110 meters high, built in 1992, the year the city was designated European Capital of Culture. From there you can see the Royal Palace, the Almudena Cathedral, the Telefónica building on Gran Vía, the Four Towers, the Cibeles Palace, the San Isidro cemetery and the peaks of the Sierra de Guadarrama.
The viewpoint has an informative railing that reviews the growth and evolution of the city throughout its history. The railing has scale reproductions of 50 of the main buildings and sites that can be seen from here, accompanied by interesting facts and curiosities, both in Spanish and English.
Right next to the Moncloa Lighthouse is the National Museum of America, at number 6, Avenida de los Reyes Católicos, in the University City.
Its total surface area is 17,400 m², and it has sixteen rooms dedicated to the permanent collection and three to temporary exhibitions. It has more than 25,000 works, ranging chronologically from the Paleolithic to the present day and covering the entire continent. They range from 10,000 B.C., in the Paleolithic period, to the present day.
It has an impressive collection of pre-Columbian, ethnographic and colonial pieces, among which stands out the treasure of the Quimbayas, the most complete set of American gold and silver work that is preserved. The best represented cultures are those of Ancient Peru, present-day Peru and Bolivia. The other most important Mayan work in the museum is the Madrid Stela, one of the two legs that supported the throne of King Pakal of Palenque. From the Aztec collection, the Codex Tudela stands out. It also has an important collection from Oceania and the Philippines, in addition to a small number of pieces from Africa, and even from places unrelated to the Spanish overseas explorations and conquests, and they come from all over the continent, not only from Hispanic America, but also from territories where there was never a permanent Spanish presence, such as certain areas of the United States and Brazil, Canada or Surinam.
The Instituto de Cultura Hispánica, predecessor of the current Spanish Agency of International Cooperation for Development, was also built nearby.
Tuesday to Saturday, from 9:30 am to 3 pm.
Thursdays, continuous opening from 9:30 am to 7 pm.
Sundays and holidays from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm.
Closed every Monday of the year, January 1, May 1, December 24, 25 and 31, January 6 and a local holiday.
Nearest transportation
Bus: Line OO1 (Atocha-Moncloa) that you can take at stop 4094 in Gran Vía-Montera.
Metro: Line 3 at Puerta del Sol.