We had the opportunity to stay with Mia and Elena for 5 days during our trip to Valencia.
Elena was mostly easy to communicate with
and we understood each other well.
We stayed in 2 apartments, on the first and third floor.
The first floor apartment had a serious sewage/mouldy smell that we were unable to air out in a couple of hours with the windows open. During the night, the smell was strong enough to feel while sleeping.
We talked to Elena about this and she arranged for us to move to the third floor apartment which was just cleaned and free of any bad smell.
The third floor apartment was well cleaned, well lit, with loads of sunlight during the day, good view and all the necessary utilities including AC. It has very well soundproofed windows, so if closed, you hear close to nothing from the outside. If this was our first apartment we would have been pleasantly surprised.
The apartments are located in the historical city center, near the Valencian park. It has easy access to markets, restaurants and public transport.
Overall, the trip was great and we loved seeing Valencia, but we can't help but wonder "what if all except the 1st floor apartment were booked?"