I hate giving a negative reviews, especially when the host tried her best to welcome people into her place. But I think it won't be fair on other fellow travellers if I won't inform them about some problems that they can experience at Márcia's place, just like we did during our recent three nights stay.
I have to say, that the place was very well located, spacious and it has the benefit of the outside space. But the major drawback for us was ANTS INFESTATION, which was obviously an ongoing problem, judging by the ant-repelling devices around the apartment.
We left some fruits on the kitchen table overnight and in the morning we were disgusted to see the hundreds of ants invading the kitchen, making a beeline across the reception room floor to the table! And the rubbish bin was covered by them, it was terrible!
I had to clean them somehow but after that I was really conscious of the little creatures, I thought they are all over me, making me itch with disgust. That happened twice in those three days while we stayed there, and also later it was a bad outbreak in one of the bathroom.
I was checking the bed, fearing they may be there too. Also, we put our suitcases away from the floor for not to bringing the ants with us home.
Anyway, I informed Márcia at once, she responded straight away offering to bring something against the ants. We were away the next day and couldn't meet her, but we agreed to meet the day after and I was waiting till after midday but no one turned up. Maybe Márcia came when we were away, but whatever she did, did not make the problem go away. It was a very bad outbreak of the ants in the bathroom that evening.
Another problem was that both showers have a big issue with the plumping and the water does not go away. You have to switch off the shower every three minutes and wait for the water to clear otherwise it will spill over.
The last thing that I really bothered me was the strong smell of the laundry chemicals from the laundromat downstairs, especially in the bedroom in the mornings.
I really hope that Márcia will fix some of the problems for the future visitors, because her apartment could be a great accommodation in the beautiful town, but at the moment I wouldn't recommend to stay there, unfortunately.