First, the GOOD: The apartment was in a good location for walking to the various sites in the city. The recommendations were great and it’s such a beautiful city, it’s great to be so close to the heart of it without being in the main tourist spot.
Other: I’ll start by saying we booked the unit for 4 days and ended up leaving for a hotel after 2 days. Here is why—
1. There was a very strong, unpleasant body oder smell coming from the bathroom. We tried airing the room out but that didn’t help. There were no cleaning supplies in the unit so we couldn’t try cleaning the space either. The unit is very small, so the smell overwhelmed the whole unit and we were worried it would start to make us smell bad too.
2. The shower had issues with draining. After only a minute with the water on, it would fill the shower pan. We had to shower in phases to keep from water overflowing into the kitchen!
3. The unit is on the ground floor and there are two windows facing the street. The curtains are very sheer and there was a lack of privacy (especially at night when the lights were on in the unit).
4. There is a washing machine in the unit, which is great, but there was no detergent and we didn’t not find any at the local mini marts.