My intention is not to be mean. Not in any way. However, I am afraid I have to say it as it is: this is not an apartment you would want rent long term – which of course is excactly what I did. I rented the apartment for 104 nights, through two seasons, from August to December.
The apartment is quite nice. Everything is brand new, everything works, and everything’s is bright and shiny, plenty of conveniences like a microwave oven, a washing machine, a hair drier, an iron. It is in fact excellent, if you are just going to stay for a couple of days, or a week at most.
So what is the problem? There are a few, I am sorry to say. In the tourist season, there is a lot of noise at night-time. So much in fact, that I found it pretty much impossible to sleep. Which may be OK if you are on a holiday, but not if you are working, like me. I must add that this is much less of a problem in the cold season (November and December); less tourists, less partying at night-time.
If you love food and if you like to cook, this is not the apartment for you. The kitchen is tiny, and all the space you have is occupied by a microwave oven that nobody who likes to cook would ever touch of course. And if you don’t like to cook – eat out! The fridge is reminiscent of the ones you find in an ordinary hotel room that is not very big. This would not bother you I guess, if you are just staying for a couple of days. Nevertheless, in the long run, it is a source of quite a bit of frustration.
I would bet that nobody lives in this apartment, except for the people who rent it short time. Nothing wrong with that, perhaps? Except that, ordinary, everyday things are missing. I would be nice with shelves in the cabinets, pegs on the wall – especially in the bathroom (where else would you leave the towels?).
There is one more thing that bothered me. If you would like a room with some sort of a view, this is apartment is not for you. When it is hot outside, you could open the windows (it does make the noise worse obviously, but you could let in some fresh air if you like), but when it is cold it feels like you have no window at all. You cannot see anything out of these windows, except the neighbour.
I may be nit-picking, but things like these do matter in the long run. At least it does for me. And it is a nice apartment, it just wasn’t right for me.