This place isn’t terrible but also not so great either. The location was by far its best attribute, a short walk from Place Bellecour, old town, or the park.
The front door badly needs to be repaired. It was so difficult to open that upon checking in, it took me 15 minutes to try to figure it out. Finally, with sore fingers and a ton of grit, we got it open. I wish i could say it was much easier after that, but we continued to have a small struggle every time we wanted to get into or out of the apartment. Upon checkout it only took 35 seconds, so there was significant improvement on my technique but come on, it shouldn’t pose such a challenge.
I don’t know if something was happening with the pipes or what, but there was an odor coming up from the drain in the shower that would fill the little box with the smell of sulfur or sewage or something to the point where you’d be nauseous from the smell immediately upon opening up the door. Sometimes it was worse than others, but generally speaking the bathroom was smelly.
Lastly, we planned to cook the majority of our meals at the apartment, and the kitchen offered only the absolute bare minimum. The pans were scratched Teflon material from what I could tell, there was only one cooking utensil at all which was a splintering & stained wooden spatula that should really be replaced. The knives were also extremely dull to the extent where you had to put so much effort behind using them, it became dangerous.
It’s really a simple spot, and it works if you are using it just to lay your head down at night between long days out exploring Lyon, but I think there are probably several better choices in the city around the same price point that had I taken more time to find, would have been a more rewarding experience.
All that being said, the hosts were polite, and if they could make some small improvements I think that the apartment would be much more appealing.