emmanuel and carolina were very nice, received us with a bottle of wine and croissants, provided a local mobile phone for us to use (plus a landline in the apartment) and supplied all helpful information about the neighborhood. great hosts!

the apartment, however, as no one lives there, looks rather like a room in a residential hotel - it lacks the warmth of a home you would be renting from someone for a few days, the original idea which inspired airbnb to start a business and promote itself on...

the hosts are apparently investing to keep the apartment maintained and up-to-date - the day after our arrival they replaced the mattress and refrigerator for new ones. next will probably be the tv...

one inconvenient is that the building has thin walls, so you can often hear neighbors' sounds (fortunately one of them is a good piano player) and noises.

location: the apartment is close to the subway, supermarkets, excellent cafes, bars and restaurants in the palermo area, although the part of charcas where the building is located isn't exactly charming or pretty...