First of all, Ester is a wonderful host. She was very flexible with our flight delays. While the building itself is run down and smells a bit like mold, the apt is clean, cute, well decorated and in a relatively good area. Our only issue was the cigarette smell. It persisted our entire stay and has unfortunately followed us home, even in the luggage. While a previous review mentioned this I failed to see it until afterwards. If you are sensitive to cigarette smoke this may not be a good fit.