The location of the apartment is incredibly ideal, it’s in Piazza Santa Croce. However, there are some less pleasant aspects of our stay that need to be mentioned. The four flights of stairs (mentioned on the Airbnb listing) are not all your standard stairs, three flights of them are regular stairs while one flight more closely resembles a wooden ladder - fine when you’re 28, less fine when you’re 28 and have three suitcases to carry, nearly impossible if you have any difficulties maneuvering yourself but thought you’d be alright with the stairs. A further point to note is that the terrace, a major selling point of the apartment, is up yet another flight of stairs and is not connected to the rest of the studio apartment.
The first indication that things weren’t as ideal as they seemed was that the air-conditioners, when we arrived on October 2nd, would only work on the ‘heat’ setting. We felt that autumn is a time of transition, and it is not definitively cold just because the season has changed. It was quite hot. Before even attempting to open the windows to counter the heat in the apartment, it became immediately apparent that there was also a mosquito problem. Between the two of us we killed at least 25 mosquitoes in three days. Another issue that made the stay less than ideal was the shower. The shower head and pipe connecting it to the tap need to be replaced, and they only allowed for a mere trickle of water. The only other concern was that the bed was incredibly uncomfortable, one of the springs even pierced the skin on my leg when I knelt down on the mattress.
All that taken into account, the check-in and check-out was completely seamless, and Camilla even left us a bottle of wine for free which was a very nice touch.