NOT WHAT WE WERE EXPECTING!!
We (like the number of people we think also) were fooled by the photos and all the positive reviews of Maria's apartment. We don't recommend staying here and would advise other travelers to look elsewhere.
The location is great, but the apartment itself is overly cluttered making it very difficult to move around the apartment. There is also limited kitchen bench space making it hard to cook even the simplest of meals. The apartment furniture too has changed since the photos were taken.
Maria is very loud and always in your face, talking, complaining, directing you what to do.
She has rules for everything....from how to carry the keys when you're out of the apartment to how to hold a door open with a door stopper.
Upon arriving she gave us two options for our small esky (cooler bag), place it in the fire wheel cupboard out in the public hallway or in the emergency escape stairs. She even put forward that we open our suitcase in the public hallway, remove what we need and just store it outside her front door.
On our last night we were pressured into sitting down with her and writing a positive review together. Maria even had pen and paper ready to dictate to us what we should write. Telling us if we write a positive review, she'll write one for us too. We chose not to do this and instead write an honest review as the entire stay has left a sour taste in our mouth.
Take a moment to read the reviews on here and you'll find they're detailed and all read very similar...