In general the rooms are very clean, the staff are very friendly and the location is great. The palace is in a quiet neighbourhood, 5 mins walk to the city centre, 15 mins walk to nightlife areas and right between two different metro lines. Many small supermarkets in the same street, and one large supermarket less than 5 mins walk away.

The actual 18th century 'palace' section is fantastic, although residents are only allowed to go upstairs upon invitation by Maria (once a month possibly), which includes the large beautiful terrace, which is unfortunately stricly off limits to all. The 'palace' section is used as a reception hall almost every weekend, which is usually fine, but can be quite noisy for many hours on Saturday's until early hours of the morning. Best to avoid rooms immediately adjacent to the downstairs common area due to noise. Maria was constantly telling the residents to clean up after themselves, but would also neglect to ensure there was any washing up liquid/detergent available to do so, which was a problem almost weekly. There is only one washing machine for all 30+ rooms which can be difficult. For some reason Maria would never leave enough toilet paper over the weekends. WHY?

Overall, my stay was fantastic!