Overall a really disappointing stay, in an apartment that very much needs some attention! Having great stays in Porto, Aveiro, Tomar and Obidos before arriving here, the standard of accommodation at the apartment was much lower than we expected.
Pros;
- Great location, only 10 minutes from the old town
- Clean and tidy.
- Very comfy bed in the bedroom.
- Great recommendations for shops and a few local restaurants.
- Vera & Guy are very responsive and polite.
Cons;
- The smell! The apartment clearly has damp problems, and that made the whole place smell damp and musty. Neither of us are old / asthmatic, however the smell was really not great. There is black mildew on the bathroom ceiling and also on the wallpaper by the dining table.
- Hot water….or lack of! Despite being plugged in correctly, there was only enough hot water for one person to take a normal length shower.
- Light! The photos of the apartment make it look light and bright, however this isn’t the case. The only way to make it like that is to have the front doors (which are on the road) wide open. When the doors are closed it is really quite dingy inside.
- Newly decorated bathroom? As well as the lack of hot water and the mildew on the ceiling, there are also large unsightly cracks on the basin, and the fittings in the shower are tarnished and the mildew on the plastic bath mat.
- Bedroom. The bed and the linens are lovely, however the room has been redecorated so the photos on the listing are not accurate. There is now only wallpaper directly behind the bed and the hooks, shelves and cute mirrors have all gone. There is no longer anywhere to hang clothes in the bedroom - instead there is a unit under the window with a few pull out baskets,
- Living area. The nook / stone seating area which is photographed looking cosy with lots of cushions in-fact only has one flimsy cushion. The sofa bed is comfy however there are quite a lot of marks on the fabric.
- Towels. You are provided with a small bath towel each, and no individual hand towels. There is a very small guest towel (slightly larger than an A4 piece of paper) in the bathroom to share for all guests when washing your face / hands.
- Lastly there were no nice touches that were shown in the photos. No homemade biscuits, no water, tea or sugar (there were 2 coffee pods provided).
All in all a disappointing stay, if we were here for longer than 2 nights then we would have moved elsewhere.