We stayed at Rosario’s place for 4 weeks in august, two people with a dog. For context, We are experienced traveler across all continents and have stayed in very simple and very luxurious places.
We stayed 2 weeks for vacation and 2 weeks working from abroad. To make it simple….
The good:
- Rosario is an excellent host and super responsive.
- the garden is a huge plus with its outside area which is super comfy and a small bbq which does its job very well
- parking is outstanding
- the location of the place is fantastic, there is a premium supermarket right across the street and for running or walking by the water it is super close. I saw some people complaining about it “not being downtown”, which is true, but it is literally a 10 min walk or you can take a scooter which is on the next street corner. Very easy, we loved the location since it close enough to the city but not touristy and close to guincho, golf and plenty of day to day shops (bakery etc)
- overall the place is a bit dated but everything works. Rosario did a nice job in decorating the place. The kitchen has literally every machine you could need and I didn’t find the utensils etc cheap as other people commented. It is ikea, but if you want super premium go to a 5 star hotel. The kitchen is equipped with a multitude of everything (plates, bowels etc) so you never run out. The living area is nice.
- the bedrooms are spacious and the mattresses were not 5 star but we slept ok, same for pillows and blankets.
- there were mobile heaters which we obviously didn’t need in august.
- the washing machine works well and the drying rack in the summer is all you need (usually it took 1 hour for the clothes to dry, which might be different in the winter but I can’t comment on that)
- the neighbors are all super nice and even though we did 3 bbq with friends until around midnight no one complained.
The not so good:
- the internet works ok but is not sufficient for making teams / zoom calls. We both had to work online and used our mobile phones with hotspots to be connected. I did stream a movie on my phone over wifi which worked well. So if you plan on working remotely from there be prepared, for the day to day the internet works perfectly fine
- the master bedroom is a bit damp, we bought air freshener and let the fan run for a couple days but ended up sleeping in the other bedroom since my wife has asthma. So if you are hyper sensitive be careful. Otherwise I don’t think it is a problem.
All in all we had a really nice time at Rosario’s place and a wonderful vacation.