We booked this room for 2 nights and did not realise we would be sharing the amenities with 3 other rooms and up to 6 other guests as the listing does not make that clear.
Positives
1. Location brilliant- can’t get any more central than Plaza Mayor and great view from little bedroom balcony
2. Comfortable, clean and spacious bedroom
3. Raquel kindly allowed us to drop our luggage before 3pm check in from 12pm which was helpful
4. There is a portable air cooler unit in room - we needed to have on all night in May as 36 degrees! as cannot leave Window open due to noise
5. We were lucky as had nice & mostly quiet neighbours at night and early morning first night but 2nd night someone was having a very loud zoom call/meeting at 2am on loudspeaker waking us up
6. Extra pillow & blanket available if requested
Things to note before booking (especially if a solo female traveller)
1. There are 4 rooms so you will be sharing the amenities with up to 6 other people
2. The pictures of the room are out of date as we found a locked wooden crate in the corner where there was previously space for hanging clothes
3. Bathroom/toilet has no lock and is shared between 3 rooms so 6/7 people. Waiting for bathroom could be a while in mornings. Best to shower at night as bathroom only cleaned once per day at about 11am after checkouts.
Some guests were respectful and clean others not so much leaving dirty towels on the floor and mess everywhere. (We probably would not have booked if we had known it was shared with 3 rooms and not just the host as the original listing implied)
4. Host should either get locks or make it clear in house rules. Felt stressful as other guests didn’t seem to know this was what Raquel had verbally suggested. I see that others have also raised this point.
5. The partition walls between rooms are very thin - you can hear everything - definitely recommend earplugs
6. No locks on bedroom doors & no lockers to leave your valuables - rather tricky if backpacking as don’t know if you or your things will be secure at night (or when out)
7. Kitchen - it has all the essentials, very basic does the job
8. Living area is a hallway directly in Front of entrance and outside bathroom (handy if needed someone to wait outside to ensure nobody walks in whilst you’re in the loo/shower)
9. in my opinion this is more like a hostel rather than a traditional Airbnb in a hosts home. Host needs to make clear that you are potentially sharing with up to 6 other people.