Pros: Very very central location and a short walk to the best market. The room also had AC which was definitely needed for the heat in July. Three key security which made the room and building feel safe. There is a terrace where you could easily sit to enjoy a glass of cava (also the balcony is a bit dirty).
Cons: VERY noisy at night. The walls are also paper thin so if you are a light sleeper, you might want to find something less central, especially if you’re staying throughout the weekend. Since the walls are paper thin, having a lie in is nearly impossible with the guests walking in and out/ bathrooms/ elevator use/ washing machine going off and there was a baby most mornings cooing so it would have been nice to know the apartment is kid friendly considering some travelers specifically like to avoid that in trips.
The street itself smells of urine and garbage and felt unsafe at night/early with a lot of drug addicts yelling at you or asking you for something and with being two female travelers, this was a big con for us.
I believe this pictures for this listing must be old because this is not how the apartment looks anymore. The pictures are what sold us initially on the apartment and we were disheartened to see that many lights didn’t work and there was clutter in many areas. We only saw Francis on initial check in but weren’t given recommendations etc as other guests had received but only saw the house cleaners for the rest of our stay who were always very lovely.
The biggest con was the cockroaches. We stayed here for 4 days and I encountered 3 full sized roaches come from the kitchen (which was fairly dirty), one was dead, the other scurried into the room across from the kitchen and another scurried into the terrace section. That being said, the outside terrace wasn’t very welcoming enough to want to hang out back there as there was dirty laundry and dirty chairs. I wish we could’ve had a better experience and stayed at the apartment that was shown in the pictures but that is no longer the case, I hope the hosts can bring this apartment complex back to what it initially showed.