I stayed in this Airbnb for 3 MONTHS! Here is what I can say:
Positives:
- The location is great; this apartment is located just a 10 minute walk from downtown shops and restaurants, 15 minutes from Bari Vecchia, and 30 minutes from Pane e Pomodoro beach. It is also very easy to move around via scooter
- The street is nice and very well lit at night, I never once felt unsafe in this area (as a young solo female traveler)
- The apartment itself s quite cute, the bed and sheets are very cozy, the closet is big, and the wifi works very well (I was able to comfortably work remote the entire time)
Negatives:
- No parking space, and incredibly difficult to find parking throughout the city
- No cleaning service is offered
- Although the apartment is not located right in the middle of the action, it can get quite loud at night. Local fireworks go off every night, you can hear people on the streets, and the trash on the sidewalk gets cleared around midnight or 1am, and is very loud
- The kitchen is truly empty. Aside from a couple of pans, 2 plates, a bowl, and 3 pieces of each silverware, there is nothing else, and I found myself purchasing additional kitchenware
- The stove top is incredibly small, although there are 2, you can really only cook on one of them at a time
- As a guest who booked a long-term , 3-month stay, I would think that the host would show some sort of appreciation and make small accommodations for me if needed (especially since Italians are usually quite hospitable!). However, I was still charged an additional fee for having a 2nd guest in the apartment for a few nights, and when asked about cleaning the apartment, I was told my only option was to pay 40 euros for a cleaning service each time. Additionally, I never met the host aside from when he handed me the keys on the street and told me how to enter.
Overall, I had a pleasant stay here, but would not recommend this airbnb for long-term stay, especially after discovering that rent for an apartment in downtown can be as low as 200 euro per month.