We arrived after a very long walk to find the property pretty far from the main shopping areas. With 2 large suitcases it took is approximately 25-30 minutes of brisk walking. If I had known how far it was and the condition of the streets, cobblestones & gravel we would have stayed somewhere closer. My husband was a football player and had a knee replacement recently so this was not going to work for us. Literally, I felt like Cameron Diaz in the movie The Holiday struggling to get to the location. When we arrived the property across the street was a fenced off construction site as well as the property next door which is undergoing restoration. A couple of walls had graffiti painting.
The apartment itself is cute and was very clean but we couldn’t figure out the key situation to open the electronic gate and didn’t receive a response so basically we were standing around after the long walk, in a kind of shady neighborhood- not the safest kind of feeling. Finally when we made our way in, we realized the hot water wasn’t working so thankfully the host promptly rectified that. The shower is teeny-tiny so prepare to freeze because the door doesn’t close.
At night it was very, very cold and we could not figure out how to turn on the heater. No response from the host so we froze the entire night and also got bitten by mosquitos (which I couldn’t believe they could survive the cold.) I was surprised that the host never even followed up the next morning to check in since she had not responded the night before.
We promptly modified our reservation and went to stay at a hotel which was amazing and located close to all shopping and restaurants.
Unfortunately, not a good experience and I would not recommend this place unless you rent a car! This is not optional.