Apartment in Cortes/Barrio de las Letras Madrid. Enjoy unforgettable days in Madrid in this comfortable, bright, and quiet apartment in the center of Madrid. It is perfect for short and long periods for professionals, visitors, Erasmus, diplomatic corps, etc. in Madrid. It is an exterior apartment, renovated with high-quality finishes on the 3rd floor, with an elevator, and two balconies facing Santa Catalina Street. Large living room of 20 m2, a sofa bed for two people, a table for four people, TV, DVD player, fiber optic Wifi included in the price. Bedroom with a 1.60 m double bed, and 2 mirrored closets. Full bathroom with shower and bathtub. Fully equipped kitchen (oven, ceramic hob, washer dryer, dishwasher, microwave, refrigerator-freezer and small appliances (juicer, mixer, electric drip coffee maker and espresso machine, water heater, water purifier, toaster, etc.) and full kitchen utensils (pots, pans, etc.) In addition, there is a vacuum cleaner, iron and ironing board, etc. Central heating with adjustable temperature and air conditioning. The apartment has a perfect location, in the heart of Madrid, in the Barrio de las Letras, with streets full of restaurants, terraces and tapas bars, shops, commercial areas, close to the most interesting places for nightlife and leisure. , theaters. and historical monuments of the city. It is a safe and guarded area because it has a doorman (concierge) and is in front of the Congress of Deputies, guarded 24 hours a day. It is a few minutes walk from Puerta del Sol and Neptuno and the Prado, Thyssen-Bornemisza and Reina Sofía Museums, CaixaForum. It is also very close to Plaza Santa Ana, the Ateneo de Madrid, the Plaza Mayor, and the green lung of Madrid (Botanic Garden and Retiro Park). It is a 15-minute walk from the Plaza de Oriente, the Cathedral of L'Almudena, and the Chueca neighborhood. Public parking is available 50 meters away, open 24 hours a day. Very close to the apartment, there are several bus stops and metro stations to reach all areas of Madrid. 10 minutes walk from the special bus from Barajas Airport and the Atocha Station (AVE). Nearby RENFE train stations (Atocha and Puerta del Sol stations) and Metro stations (Sevilla, Banco de España, Puerta del Sol, Antón Martín). Several bus stops will take you to most places in the city ( lines 1, 5, 150, 50, 51, 52, 20, 15, 10, 9, 14, 34, 37, 27, 45). Night bus (M2, N2, N18, N19, N20, N21, NC1, and NC2, Metro Búhos that reproduce the route of lines 2 and 5 of the metro). How to get there To travel by 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 that is valid for ten years, and may 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. The card can be consecutively validated. Other passengers using 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 at Cedaceros Street. 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 about 30 minutes. 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. It takes 15-20 minutes by day and 35 minutes by night. You can get off at the Plaza de Cibeles stop. On Avenida de la Castellana, there is another stop, no 73. Take any of the buses that say their final destination is Sol-Sevilla (lines 5, 150, or 53). In a few minutes, you will reach Cedaceros street, very close to the apartment. You can also walk about 200 m. to Plaza de Neptuno, and turn right up Carrera de San Jerónimo. If you arrive from Chamartín Station, take bus no. 5 and get off at the last stop, and get off at the last stop on Cedaceros street. Walk 25 m. to Carrera de San Jerónimo, to the left. When you get off the bus at the end of the bus line, you will see 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. We open the door and go down to receive you. The apartment is in the heart of the city. The Prado Museum and the Thyssen Museum are located in Plaza de Neptuno. Continuing along Paseo del Prado, you can visit the Botanical Gardens and the Reina Sofia Museum of Contemporary Art. The enlightened King Carlos III promoted important architectural and urban projects to modernize the city, such as the Paseo del Prado, the Royal Botanical Garden, the Buen Retiro Park, the Royal Astronomical Observatory, the Natural History Cabinet (Prado Museum), and the Paseo de las Plazas de Cibeles y Neptuno. For this reason, the area is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The Barrio de Las Letras is located in the heart of the city, right in the middle of two other areas of great tourist interest: Sol-Gran Vía and the Paseo del Arte. It is known by this name because it was the place where some of the most important writers of the Golden Age of Spanish Literature (17th century) lived: Cervantes, Lope de Vega, Quevedo, Tirso de Molina, and Góngora chose this neighborhood to establish their residence in the capital. There were open-air theaters such as the Príncipe de la Pacheca, now the Teatro Español, and the Teatro de la Cruz, where people could enjoy the great plays that were performed there. The best comedies by the authors of the Golden Age premiered on the stage of the Príncipe open-air theater. The Teatro de la Cruz had the honor of hosting the premieres of El sí de las niñas by the enlightened Leandro Fernández de Moratín, Rossini's opera The Barber of Seville, and Don Juan Tenorio by Zorrilla. The remains of Miguel de Cervantes are located in the church of the convent of the Trinitarias Descalzas, located between Huertas Street and Lope de Vega Street No. 18. 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 at the hands of Barbary pirates. On May 14, 1896, during the San Isidro festivities, Madrid opened Spain's first movie theater and screened the first films by the Lumière brothers at the now-defunct Hotel Rusia, located at 34 Carrera de San Jerónimo. From 10 a.m. to 11 p.m., with two breaks for lunch, the wonder of moving images could be seen in 20-minute screenings. The recorded scenes were brought by the young Frenchman Alexandre Promio. Just a few months earlier, in 1895, Louis and Auguste Lumière had screened their first films in Paris. Three days later, the royal family, led by Regent María Cristina, took their seats in the front row of Spain's first cinema. Tickets cost one peseta and screenings ran from 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. If you are interested in visiting the Opera House and the Royal Palace, from Carrera de San Jerónimo, head towards Calle de Cedaceros, on the corner with Calle de Alcalá. Turn completely onto Calle de la Virgen de los Peligros until you reach Avenida Gran Vía and walk to the left to the Gran Vía Metro station and take line 5 towards Casa de Campo, which will take you to the shopping center in Plaza de Callao, the Opera House, the Royal Palace, and the 1722.6-hectare Casa de Campo, declared a Site of Cultural Interest as a Historic Site. It's only three stops away. Inside, you'll find the amusement park, the zoo, the cable car (which connects to the Parque del Oeste on the other side of the Manzanares River), and an artificial lake, built in the 1560s by Philip II with a pier for recreational boating, a viewpoint, and several restaurants with terraces. If you are interested in bullfighting, you can visit the Plaza de las Ventas, at Calle de Alcalá, 237, in the Salamanca district. It is the third largest bullring in the world, after those in Mexico City and Valencia. The bus that takes you directly there is no. 53 on Calle Cedaceros. Get off at stop no. 1233. You can also take Metro 2 (Sevilla Station) on Calle de Alcalá, very close to the apartment. Take the metro towards Cuatro Caminos and get off at the Plaza de Toros de Ventas stop. This Metro line also takes you to El Retiro Park, one of Madrid's most iconic landmarks. Covering 125 hectares, this historic park has been a meeting place for locals and visitors alike for centuries. Created in the 17th century as a recreational space for Spanish royalty, El Retiro offers an impressive mix of landscaped gardens, fountains, ponds, and historical monuments. With its wide avenues and quiet corners, it is a perfect space for both recreational activities and strolling and relaxing. Another place you can visit is the Moncloa Lighthouse viewpoint in Madrid's University City. It is a 110-meter-high lighting tower, 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 Cuatro Torres, the Cibeles Palace, the San Isidro cemetery, and the peaks of the Guadarrama mountains. The viewpoint has an informative railing that reviews the growth and evolution of the city throughout its history. The railing features 50-scale reproductions of the main buildings and landmarks 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. It has a total area of 17,400 m2 and sixteen rooms dedicated to the permanent collection and three to temporary exhibitions. It has more than 25,000 works, covering the entire continent chronologically from the Paleolithic period to the present day. They range from 10,000 BC, in the Paleolithic period, to the present day. It has an impressive collection of pre-Columbian, ethnographic, and colonial pieces, among which the Quimbayas treasure stands out, the most complete set of American goldwork that has been preserved. The cultures best represented are those of Ancient Peru, present-day Peru, and Bolivia. The other most important Mayan work in the museum is the Madrid Stele, one of the two legs that supported the throne of King Pakal of Palenque. The Codex Tudela stands out from the Aztec collection. It also has an important collection from Oceania and the Philippines, as well as a small number of pieces from Africa and even from places unrelated to Spanish overseas explorations and conquests. These pieces come from all over the continent, not only from Spanish America, but also from territories where there was never a permanent Spanish presence, such as certain areas of the United States, Brazil, Canada, and Suriname. The Institute of Hispanic Culture, predecessor of the current Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation, was also built nearby. Tuesday to Saturday, from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursdays, open continuously from 9:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sundays and holidays from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Closed every Monday of the year, January 1, May 1, December 24, 25, and 31, January 6, and one local holiday. Nearest transportation Bus: Line 001 (Atocha-Moncloa), which you can take at stop 4094 on Gran Vía-Montera. Metro: Line 3 at Puerta del Sol....