This was a bad one for me. Although the place itself and Laura the host were fine, I had a number of issues. Mainly things outside of the control of the host but things that should be noted.
The area is quiet far from and major tourist attraction (atleast 15 minutes until you reach something and taxis can’t come there) in a not great neighbor hood. There are two bars down the street so there was always drunk groups by or in front of the door into the building. On two separate occasions there was someone pissing by the door and one morning just a massive shit on the sidewalk. We did not feel safe.
The street is also very loud and you can hear everything from the bedroom. Including all the people yelling at the bar and cars driving by. Very hard to sleep.
Speaking of sounds that keep you up at night, the AC unit in the bedroom is pretty terrible. I wanted it to be colder but the host told me that it needed to be kept somewhere around 27 degrees Celsius (which is warm) and even keeping it at that temperature, the damn thing kept shutting off at night. And was incredibly loud turning back on. Between the AC and the street at night, I got little to no sleep.
And lastly, there were a lot of mosquitos in the apartment. I spent a solid 45 minutes killing all of them but they are there. And they suck. I was told “ they are common in this area during this time of year “ by Airbnb and that was that.
I did not get a chance to meet Laura as when it was check in time something came up with her and she had her cleaner, Luca, greet us. I’m sure she is great and the apartment was clean but location, safety, and sleeping with the loudest sounds was not a good time. Would only recommend if you are a heavy sleeper, don’t mind sweating at night, don’t mind weird drunks pissing on a wall while you try to get into your apartment, and don’t mind a long walk to the attractions.