This is a remodeled apartment in a somewhat older (1968?) building. It is very nicely located to walk 10 – 20 mins to the major sights of Seville across the Triana bridge which itself is a beautiful sight. The apartment is nicely done inside and has a nice love seat size sofa and the bed was comfortable for us. I sure wish they had fitted sheets because the bottom one does come undone during the night. It has a very noisy microwave and a clothes washer but not a dryer. We hung our clothes in the room for drying, and it took up to a day or more, depending on the fabric.
We found the apartment to be very musky-smelling, which means mold, so we left the windows open 24-7 and turned the heat on even while we were gone. This helped quite a bit, and the landlords provided a couple moisture-absorbent cans which also helped. Maybe the fact that the weather got a but warmer helped more not sure. I was sneezing a lot, as was my wife, and my nose was constantly dripping.
I would not call the place “quiet”. There is a bar just outside the front gate and we heard their customers quite often, day and night. Once in a while they kept us up. You will also hear the other local residents of the building talking across the hall. Spaniards seem to be a noisy bunch as compared to Americans I would say.
I loved the neighborhood this place is in. Triana is of interest in and of itself. Besides the lovely & walkable bridge, just after it the street is closed to traffic and there is a nice pedestrian space with lots of bars and tapas places, and other shops, too. There is a good Flamenco place a couple blocks away and a nice, old church as well. The street that the apartment is on – Castillo street – is named after the Castillo de Jorge, which has its own interesting history including being the offices of the Spanish Inquisition for 300 years! There is a small, interesting museum next to the bridge.
The restaurant Mariatrifulca is really good and in a fantastic location right on the river – reservations recommended.
Fran was a great host, he was available if we needed him but he was not bothersome. Nice guy!
We hope to come back to Triana for a longer stay, though I would not stay in Fran’s place again, only due to the musky smell. I was sneezing the entire time. I would rate the place four stars except for that.