We stayed here in December for 4 nights. While the place was fine, we felt that it didn’t live up to its reviews. We’ve stayed in many Air BnBs with many super hosts, and most places have something extra charming about them and most super hosts do something over and above (like provide wine, milk, or snacks, or give us the run down on the area we are staying in). Our stay at this place felt more minimal. It was fine, but nothing special.
Pros:
- Convenient location walking distance from lots of good restaurants and attractions
- The heat worked very well in this apartment. We were surprised by how cold most buildings were in Spain (We are from Canada where it is much colder, yet we found most buildings in Spain were much colder than they are at home as most don’t have central heating.)
- Nice potted-plant garden in the lobby/courtyard.
- Host’s cousin was in the apartment waiting for us when we arrived.
- The host allowed us a late checkout as there were no guests arriving the day we checked out. This was convenient for us as we had a mid-afternoon flight.
- There was a washing machine and large drying rack provided, which was convenient for doing laundry.
Cons:
- While the place wasn’t dirty, it didn’t feel particularly clean. The pillows had a slight sour smell to them. The apartment also had a lot of ants, particularly in the washroom and near the front entrance. At one point there were more than a dozen ants crawling up beside the bathtub.
- The walls were very thin and noise traveled easily. There was a baby crying next door through part of the night which made it difficult to sleep.
- There were only two pillows on the bed. While this is enough, it would have been nice to have a couple of extras. There were more in the closet but they didn’t have pillow cases. We found an extra sheet in the closet and wrapped an extra pillow in that. (I know this sounds picky, but these are the little things that make a stay more comfortable.)
- There was a night stand on only one side of the bed. We moved a chair from the kitchen into the bedroom so my wife could keep her glass of water off the floor (and away from the ants) at night.
- Given we stayed for 4 nights, we would have hoped for more toilet paper and maybe more than 1 towel per person. Not a huge deal as we went to the grocery store to pick some up.
- Some of the reviews said there was lots of light in the apartment, but we found it was quite dark, although they had several lamps throughout the apartment. It was bright for a couple hours a day, but usually we were out and about during these hours.
Again, overall, nothing terrible about the place, but given it was a superhost and 5 stars, it lacked the cleanliness, amenities, and charm many other places have that receive these ratings.