Summary: overpriced for what it is, try and find somewhere else first.
It’s not without pros:
- Location - it’s smack bang in the middle of everything so you’re only a quick walk from restaurants etc. It’s the shopping district so there are more charming areas I’d try and stay in next time.
- Air con - provided good respite from the heat in the living room and bedroom, just make sure you shut the bedroom door. Also pretty sure you get air con everywhere.
- Dark - black out blinds for night time.
- Kitchen - good selection of utensils and dish ware
Cons
- Bathroom door - This was the biggest issue by far. On the first night I got locked in the bathroom as the sliding door is faulty. It would have been nice to be warned about this! We eventually worked out you had to lift the door to release it from the lock, and it’s clearly been a problem in the past as the bottom of the door has been hacked away by a saw. Not the most pleasant first night.
Cleanliness - surfaces are clean but it seems like it hasn’t had a deep clean in a while. The bathroom was particularly grotty, the towels didn’t smell clean and drawers were dirty. Not a big ask somewhere to be properly cleaned when you arrive and it looks cleaner in the photos.
Toiletries - it’s a bit annoying when somewhere lists shampoo and shower gel and they give you a teeny tiny bottle of shampoo and a couple of soaps (this was to be used as hand soap as well). We were there for a week, we’d paid a lot for this Airbnb…. It’s a bit stingy.
Furniture - a small, unimportant point but all the furniture seemed to be sort of thrown together without much thought. None of it really matched and it was cheap stuff. Again fine but if you’re advertising an Airbnb as if it’s a luxury apartment then it leaves you a bit unimpressed when you get there.
Communication - Fabio didn’t reply to me while we were there so could have been better.
So in summary - it’s expensive for what it is so I’d recommend hunting around first as you’ll likely find a better deal.