Perfect location for a family stay in the heart of the Gran Via area. Very close to great food, entertainment, shopping, and night life. Location is central for walking to a number of major attractions, and we enjoyed the night walks as much as the day since the city is well lit, the architecture stunning, and the people/traffic well behaved! If you want a local feel, taking walks away from Gran Via you will encounter regular life such as parents walking their kids to school and family run coffee shops where there is hardly a tourist in sight. The area is urban so you encounter all sorts of people out and about, yet we always felt safe, there is a police station just down the road, and it was easy to take the subway, taxi/uber, or walk. The place is nicely furnished, comfy beds towards the back for nights of silent sleeping despite being so close to the action, and we enjoyed being able to drink wine with the windows open and peek out from the balconies once in a while to see the outside.