THE SOL AURORA APARTMENT IN MADRID.

Your stay in Madrid will be a memorable one in the vibrant and comfortable Sol Aurora apartment that you will find to be brimming with character, superbly located at two minutes walk to the Puerta del Sol.

You will enjoy a spacious and luminous lounge with a balcony onto which you can step out through the tall shutter windows to take in the view of the street below. The Sol Aurora apartment also provides you with two bedrooms, a modern fully equipped kitchen, a dining area, and a clean bright bathroom. One bedroom has a double bed, the other has two single beds and a single sofa bed can be found in the lounge, providing a number of possible sleeping arrangements for a maximum of five persons.

You will always remain in communication in the Sol Aurora apartment because it provides you with a free internet connection meaning that your important emails are sure to be sent on time.

Your comfort throughout the year in the apartment is guaranteed as it is fitted with both air conditioning and central heating with radiators, both systems are individually regulated so that you have control over the ambient temperature at all times.

The use of a safe box in the apartment provides you with the peace of mind to safely leave your documents in the apartment when you are out, and should you be travelling with a baby a cot can be supplied upon request (subject to availability).

The Sol Aurora apartment is housed within a building with elevator that also contains another 4 apartments of various types that offer you the possibility of accommodating up to a total of 19 persons (subject to availability), should you require accommodation for a group.


THE AREA SURROUNDING THE SOL AURORA APARTMENT.

The Sol apartments are located in the heart of Madrid's historic centre on the Calle de la Cruz which is marked as the western border of the neighbourhood known as the "Barrio de las Letras" or in English, the Literary Neighbourhood. This historic location will give you quick and easy access by foot to many of the most visited sites in Madrid, a huge amount of places to eat and drink, shopping districts, and also easy communication by public transport wherever you need to get to in Madrid.

The neighbourhood owes its name to the intense literary activity that was carried out there throughout the 16th and 17th centuries. Some of the most important writers of the so called "Golden Age" of Spanish literature resided here including Lope de Vega and Quevedo, and it was on the Calle Atocha of this neighbourhood that the original edition of Don Quijote was printed in 1604.

The majority of the current buildings in the neighbourhood were built after the Golden Age at the end of the 19th Century and the beginning of the 20th Century, however a few buildings remain, notably the house-museum of Lope de Vega, the Saint Ildefonso Convent where Miguel de Cervantes is buried, and the church of San Sebastián.

Just some of the important sites that you can reach simply by taking a short stroll from your Sol apartment are the Puerta del Sol (two minutes' walk), the Plaza Mayor (five minutes' walk), the Prado museum (twelve minutes' walk), the Royal Palace and Almudena Cathedral (twelve minutes' walk), and many more besides.

Should shopping be on your agenda you could hardly be better placed as the Calle Preciados lies at just a four minute walk away across the Puerta del Sol, and slightly further afield is the Calle Fuencarral area at twenty minutes' walk.

To take advantage of your fully equipped kitchen it would be well worth a visit to the San Miguel Market in San Miguel Square at seven minutes walk (Plaza de San Miguel) where you will encounter a marvellous fresh produce market to stock up your kitchen and which features a beautiful wrought iron structure that was erected in 1916.

To get away from the hustle and bustle of the capital or to take a break from sightseeing, look no further than the famous and expansive Retiro Park which lies just a fifteen minute walk from your Sol apartment and where you can indulge in relaxing strolls in the shade of the tall trees and take in the views of impressive gardens.

For going out to eat and drink your very own neighbourhood offers you a great variety and number of restaurants, cafés and bars in the streets surrounding your apartment, especially around the Calle de las Huertas (five minutes' walk) and the Plaza de Santa Ana (three minutes' walk).


PUBLIC TRANSPORT CONNECTIONS FROM THE SOL AURORA APARTMENT.

Metro:

260m: Sol station (Lines 1, 2, 3), Puerta del Sol.
350m: Tirso de Molina station (Line 1), Plaza Tirso de Molina.

Bus:

85m: Plaza Jacinto Benavente: (50 / 6 / 26 / 32 / 65 / L1 / M1 / N17)
260m: Puerta del Sol: (3 / L1 / L5 / N16 / N17)

Please refer to the Madrid public transport website for more information:
www.ctm-madrid.es

Rail:

260m: Puerta del Sol: (Trains C-3, C-4).
1.3 km: Atocha Renfe: (Trains C-2, C-3, C-4, C-5, C-7, C-8, C-10, Alaris, Alvia, Medium distance, Talgo, Altaria)

Please refer to the Renfe website for more information:
www.renfe.com