The flat was clean, fair sized and as described. Check-in was easy - Roberto was excellent at communicating with us prior to arrival and available if we needed help. Alexandra/Pedro and team sent detailed instructions that were helpful.
Flat is centrally located although here are a few things to note:
- if you are arriving to the flat via public transportation and intend to walk to the flat from the station with luggage, be ready to make the trek uphill! There are a crap TON of stairs to climb, followed by more uphill walking to finally get to the flat. So BE PREPARED to trek with your luggage and hate every minute of it.
There is a secondary route to go up that has a bit less stairs (still all uphill) but the entire street wreaks of urine and is filthy.
Once you're at the building, be prepared to climb more flights of stairs (narrow and steep, almost 90 degrees upright) to get into flat. So, if you have bad knees or difficulty with stairs/uphill/easily fatigued - then you might want to reconsider staying here.
If you get an Uber to the flat, then it's not as bad but still has some uphill. Or, arrive at the station and pay for an Uber to drive you uphill to the flat with your luggage. It'll be worth every penny and you'll thank me later!
We picked the this flat based on the reviews of how fantastic the view was from the flat and the amenities provided. Was the view from window nice - yes (but not breathtaking by any means). Was it the most amazing view and worth the uphill battle/millions of stairs/dirty urine stench - no.
Overall, we liked the flat itself and the hosts/team were great but the area not so much (convenient yes, but dirty and urine smell was awful).