There has been a lot of good reviews about this apartment. Unfortunately ours will not be one of them.

Apart from the location which is absolutely perfect, the apartment was a let down and was more expensive than much better apartments in the area. One couple costs 110€ + 50€ + 20€.

Additional costs are buried in the general description and not listed up front in the "Additional Prices" section where they should be. This apartment has no lounge/tv room. It has 2 big bedrooms, a tiny room with bunk beds, one bathroom and a kitchen.

The apartment advertises 75€ for "entire home/apartment". For 75€ you will NOT get use of the entire apartment. We assumed that we would be able to use the other bedroom which has a sofa, for my husband to watch TV or read etc while I slept, but it was locked. To use the kitchen is an extra 50€ and I assume would be locked otherwise. There is 35€ for each extra person (much more than other apartments are charging). There is a 20€ fee for limited wifi.

So for one couple it is 110€ per night +50€ + 20€. For extra people add 35€ per person and then the other room will be unlocked. Therefore the accurate minimum price for "entire apartment" (still not including the bunk room) is 145€ + 50€ (kitchen) + 20€ (limited wifi). There are high luxury apartments with luxury facilities available for less than this.

For the 50€ kitchen fee there was no kettle, no toaster, no microwave. I boiled water in a pot for tea and it looked like soup because the pot was so dirty. I ended up using the frying pan as it was the only thing clean. The dish cloth was filthy and there was only one tea towel.

Our bedroom had an ensemble bed base with a one inch thick mattress on top, so apart from being painful with a bad back, the sheets fell off because they are made for a proper a mattress. We had only one thin pillow each and there is no mattress protector so when the sheet comes off you are in contact with the thin mattress where other people have also been in contact, which is unhygienic.

The shower had black mould all along the bottom and the water was barely warm when using only the hot tap. Marzia's husband adjusted the boiler but it did not help.

We attempted to discuss the pricing of "entire home" issue with Marzia but she was defensive saying that " on Website there was was cristal definition". The website does not mention other rooms will be locked.

Marzia needs to change her listing to read "one room 75€ or entire apartment 145€". She needs to drop the kitchen fee (or just build it into the price), get free wifi, and improve the quality and cleanliness of the facilities.