I unfortunately did not enjoy my stay at this apartment. This is the first time I have had issues with an Airbnb apartment I have stayed in.
Positives:
- Location is great - very central
- Raquel responded quickly to queries I had before my visit
Negatives:
- The apartment was much more basic than I expected. I accepted the fact that there was no TV before I arrived. But the kitchen did not have a microwave, oven (only a hob), coffee machine (only a cafetiere), and there is no air conditioning. It is very sparsely decorated. So you wouldn't want to stay for a long period of time.
- The pillows were awful. Cheap foam ones - I slept very badly as a result.
- The area is very noisy - each bedroom overlooks a road. And as its an old building (no lift) the windows are obviously not double glazed.
- Even though there is a picture of some basic food provisions being left by the owner - none were. Its little touches like this that can make all the difference as to how you feel about a place.
- Check in was not great. As we arrived very late, we were told to retrieve the keys from a secure "lockbox" by the front door using a code. Unfortunately although we used the correct code, the box was jammed and had to be forced open. This added stress was not what I needed on our arrival.
- It was not possible to leave our luggage after check out time at the apartment for a couple of hours. Main reason is that the cleaner doesn't have a spare set of keys for the apartment - which I found very surprising.