We stayed at Gustavo’s place for 7 nights and we were excited to stay there when we saw the pictures and read some glowing reviews. However, the place is not as “dreamy” or romantic as the pictures paint. It’s still good though.
A couple of things made our stay less pleasant than it could have been had Gustavo fixed them when pointed out.
1- the floors were dirty, I like walking barefoot when at home but I was shocked how dirty the soles of my feet become after walking barefoot in the apartment. I pointed it out to Gustavo but nothing was done.
2- the internet connection is one of the important factors when we decided to take this place and we read good reviews about the fast connection. It was good the first day then went so slow, 0.5mb/s. Both myself and my wife use internet to do some work and an internet connection this slow had forced us to go to coffee shops to do our work and of course that comes with extra cost that was not budgeted for.
I informed Gustavo immediately but the problem continued till the very last night before we leave so almost a whole week.
3- there were only two bath towels. No hand or face towels and we were staying there for 8 days, 7 nights. I asked Gustavo for more. Did not happen.
4- there were only one wine glass and one tall glass. Not a big deal but it’s not practical unless you’re a solo traveler. Again, I pointed this out and nothing was done...
5- finally, because of all these issues but especially the slow internet connection we wanted to make our stay shorter by one day and requested change of reservation but after 6-7 hours Gustavo finally responded by rejecting our request without a message to explain.
Otherwise the location is central. The apartment door was not that secure but the building seemed safe.
I would recommend staying at Gustavo’s place if the issues mentioned were taken care of and communication and accommodation were better.