The experience was excellent! I was travelling alone and Maria's family member, Carmela was the one that took care of me the entire stay.
She went out of her way to meet me at the taxi upon arrival and allowed me to check in early as it was available. She advised me of local restaurants, took her time to show me in the apartment and I found everything to be described as in the listing.
Carmela was friendly, loving and she has become a friend!
Reasons for choosing this listing: 1) air-conditioning. 2) location 3) washing machine
These 3 reasons did not disappoint.
Things to note: if you are a light sleeper, there is a bar next door that is open every night - bring earplugs. The sounds after the bar closes is very quiet. (oh, and Luca from next door is lovely too! and Carmela made sure he knew who I was to take care of me)
The room itself above the street level is big enough. The entire apartment was super clean. The Aircon in both room and downstairs living area came in handy during peak summer.
The only thing I could recommend is that the curtains to the apartment from the bottom entry be darkened a bit, as if you have the lights inside, you can see right in and people walking by could see me as I was coming out of the bathroom which is on the bottom level (same as living room).
Apart from that, I thoroughly enjoyed my stay. I used the room to rest during the afternoon once and was able to enjoy the air-conditioning to sleep before heading out again.
Thank you so so much Carmela and Maria!
hope to see you again soon.