Good location, within an easy and enjoyable walk to many of the best sites. Many good restaurants were right down the street. The room was extremely clean and had everything we needed. The room was spacious and comfortable, the beds were fine, and the wifi worked well.
The bartender/caretaker was a real nice guy who tried to be helpful, but he was the only person working the restaurant/bar, cooking the food, serving the drinks and taking the money. So we waited about 20 minutes standing there in the doorway of the bar, waiting for him to have a minute to help us get up to our room, which is above the bar. We never even met Charlie.
Private assigned parking is convenient and a few blocks away and costs 15 euros per day. If you have luggage you will want to unload it at the bar/apartment first. This is a serious challenge as traffic is busy and there is no place to park.
The elevator was broken, so we had to climb up three flights of small, narrow, winding stairs. This is probably okay if you’re young and have no luggage, but we were neither.
The kitchen is shared by at least three tenants, was two stories below us, and was not well equipped. Very little silverware, very few glasses, no coffee cups, no knives and very limited cookware. And there were no towels in the kitchen, making it difficult to cook and clean up.
There were a few dishes in the sink each morning that someone else left there, apparently unaware their mother wasn’t staying there.
Note: the streets are VERY narrow. We rented a compact car and often had less than an inch on either side of our mirrors. And many are one way so plan in advance. If you are not daring, do not bring a car into the city. Also, narrow streets and high buildings make for poor GPS accuracy. Our Garmin GPS was incorrect at least twice, costing us a lot of confusion, frustration, unbelievable driving in the narrow streets, and wasted time.
The biggest problems with this place is that it’s above a bar. This would be fine for young people who are out late anyway, but it’s a real problem if you want to get any sleep at all. The bar noise was very loud until 3 AM on Monday night and 2 AM on Tuesday night, with loud clapping for a flamenco wanna’ be and even some hammering on something early in the morning. I imagine it’s even worse on other nights. And, cigarette smoke sometimes permeates from the bar up to the room.
This place would be a find choice for young people who have limited luggage, can climb stairs with luggage, probably don’t have a car, and are out all night anyway so don’t need to sleep. But for anyone else, I would look elsewhere. This place is NOT advised for families/kids or seniors.