Penthouse for sale in Palacio, Madrid city, Madrid

There are views that change a house: a penthouse to look at Madrid in a different way

There are homes you enjoy from within their walls. And there are others where Madrid becomes part of your home too.

Open the windows, let the light in and find yourself face to face with the dome of San Francisco el Grande, the city rooftops and a horizon that seems endless. Imagine this is your window.

That's what this penthouse offers you first. And it's only the beginning.

On Gran Vía de San Francisco, in the Palacio neighbourhood, awaits this 100 m² home, located on the fifth and top floor of a 1993 building with lift.

It features two bedrooms, two full bathrooms, terrace and parking space in the building itself. But probably none of this will be what catches your attention first when you enter. It will be the light. And then, inevitably, the views.

From the living room and master bedroom you contemplate one of those Madrid images that is hard to find from a home: the Basilica of San Francisco el Grande rising above the treetops, the city rooftops and, in the distance, an open horizon that changes colour as the day progresses.

Here you are in the centre of Madrid, but with the feeling of being above it.

The living room, spacious and very bright, faces west. Its large windows allow afternoon light to enter directly into the home and turn sunsets into part of your daily life. It's a space with enough room to create different living and dining areas, but above all, it's a place from which to enjoy views that are truly difficult to find again in this area.

The same orientation and the same views accompany the master bedroom, designed as a particularly comfortable and independent space. It has its own dressing room and a full en-suite bathroom with shower, creating that private space you seek within your home.

The second bedroom is located on the other side of the home and faces east. Next to it you'll find the second full bathroom, equipped with a hydromassage bathtub. Both bathrooms also have heated towel rails.

And we come to another of the great attractions of this penthouse: its terrace.

A spacious outdoor space (15 m²), sheltered and facing east that you can access both from the second bedroom and directly from the kitchen. An orientation especially pleasant for enjoying the morning sun and having a more protected space during the hottest hours.

Breakfast outside, read, work a while in the open air, fill it with plants or prepare dinner when the day ends here you have that small luxury of having your own outdoor space in the heart of Madrid.

The kitchen is independent, furnished and equipped and also has direct access to the terrace, which makes it especially convenient to use as an outdoor dining area.

The home has a very balanced layout, with the two east-west orientations providing natural light at different times of day. Herringbone wooden floors run through much of the house and bring the warmth of a classic Madrid home, combined with the comforts of a much more recent building.

Smooth walls, parquet floors, air conditioning. Very good state of conservation, ready to move in.

And there's something that, in this location, makes an enormous difference: you have a parking space in the same building.

Getting home, parking and going directly up to your home without having to search for parking in the heart of Madrid is one of those privileges whose value you understand especially when you live here.

The building also has 24-hour security.

But living in this penthouse means much more than living in a good home.

It means stepping out of the entrance and finding yourself in one of Madrid's most distinctive neighbourhoods. You're in Palacio, surrounded by history, architecture, terraces, shops and neighbourhood life, with the most authentic Madrid just steps away and some of its most emblematic places forming part of your daily surroundings.

And after enjoying everything that happens down there, you can return home, go up to the top floor, open the windows and recover your space.

Because perhaps the true luxury of this penthouse is precisely that: living in the heart of Madrid and, at the same time, being able to contemplate it from above.

Come and see it. Because there are views that can be shown in photographs, but there are sensations that you only understand when you're in front of them.