The apartment is located about a 30 minute walk to the beach or the edge of the centre. We walked this for a few days until we learned how easy the Metro was to use. There are two major lines L1 (100m away) and L4 (500m) as well as a tram and several buses right in front. The local bakery is good and the is usually seating on the sidewalk to enjoy it along with coffee. It is an older building so some of the aprtments are being refurbished. But in their zeal to get finished they sometimes started early and we were awakened by the sounds of heavy pallets of building materials being dropped to the floor followed by hammering and then someone yelling likely impolitely as it was 5:00am.
Paula offered for a fee to pick us up at the airport which was a great way to meet her and get a mini tour of the city as her English is good.
The apartment is as advertised but the balconey was never exposed to the sun which we would have liked. The blackout curtain in the bedroom kept it dark enough we could go back to sleep in the comfortable bed. I was really impressed with the induction stove top and how fast it would make my morning coffee.