Nine of us stayed for 5 nights this past July and it was overall a good stay, with some setbacks...
PROS:
*The apartment is beautiful. Looks better than in the photos. The high ceilings, tiles, and balconies were stunning and have loads of historic charm.
*Excellent location. Couldn't be better!
*We were visiting in July and were concerned about the heat wave but upon request, we were provided fans. With the windows open and the fans - we were comfortable.
CONS:
*Communication with the host (which was several different people working at a management service and occasionally the actual owner of the apartment) was very lacking and inconsistent. We asked for extra pillows well in advance of our stay (two months prior) and repeatedly asked for them, and it was only halfway through our stay that we received some extra pillows but they were not sleeping pillows - rather inserts from sofa pillows with pillow covers. Seemed to us like such a simple thing to request and provide, and yet the host made it to be a complicated task and we were left with a sour taste from the exchange. Also, we were given the wrong information about the Wifi in the listing, the guidebook, and in direct communication. It eventually was sorted out but were not able to use the wifi until the next day due to this lack of communication and hosting skills.
*It's an old apartment so there are not many outlets and also some outlets don't work. One of us traveled with an outlet divider and that ended up helping us since we were a large group.
*The kitchen is generally very well equipped, but there was no wine opener!
*Light sleepers should bring some ear plugs - the location is excellent but can be noisy at night.
Overall - this is a beautiful apartment, and maybe we were simply unlucky with our experience communicating with the host. For smaller groups of up to 6 people- I would easily recommend this apartment. But for large groups like us you may run into some setbacks as we did!