The apartment is a lovely little unit which is well furnished and comfortable. The listing is slightly misleading/omits to tell you that while there are two bedrooms the master bedroom is open plan to the rest of the apartment. There are stairs to the first floor and no door, there is a sort of galleried landing which overlooks the living room which is also open. There is no sense of privacy for that room. Additionally we didn’t realise that the apartment is right next to the tramline and the trams are noisy which means you can’t sleep with windows open. There is no AC in the downstairs bedroom so even in October it was hot and stuffy. Next time we’d take earplugs!!
Our only irritation was that we had no hot water for the duration of our 3.5 day stay and José replied once to say that it takes a while for the hot water to come through but didn’t reply to my two further messages stating that there was definitely no hot water. This was disappointing as we were visiting for a wedding! All showers and washing up had to be done with very cold water.
The area where the apartment is located appears very run down and for many may feel unsafe. We had no problems at all and the neighbours we did encounter seemed friendly. The view over the river is stunning. We found a lovely little riverside bar/restaurant behind the museum which was a 3 min drive away with free parking. Although we hired a car and it worked fine, including free parking for the weekend outside our apartment, next time we won’t bother and will just get Ubers everywhere, including from the airport which is about a 20 min drive.
Overall, I’d recommend this apartment for a short stay or longer if you’re a family with small kids or one couple/single person but José needs to sort the hot water out! 🙂