Unfortunately this apartment did not live up to our expectations. We had booked it for the Xmas week which is obviously not when it was photographed: far from the beautiful and luminous space you see in the photos, it was dark and depressing. Being on the ground floor (our fault, we missed this in the description…) all windows were behind bars which made us feel like if we were in a prison cell. Open them and anyone could see what was happening inside, ie no privacy at all.
We could not sleep at night because of the noise from the street, especially in the early hours of the morning when the staff of the 5-star hotel located on the other side of the street brought in metal trolleys of supplies and fresh laundry through the cobbled street and the back alleys, with the delivery entrance to the hotel located right in front of the flat. Furthermore, the bedroom windows were located bang opposite the massive air conditioning units of the hotel which operate 24/7… Finally, oh joy, we could hear everything that was happening in the upstairs flat, and how blessed were we when the occupants woke up at 6:30am on our first day of our holiday...
A bit sad about all of the above since otherwise the flat is pretty well equipped and in good condition. For us though, it was not conceivable to spend a week in there.
The team at Property Villas were actually very good and responsive when we told them about the issues. They immediately offered us a choice of two alternative accommodations. Within two hours we had moved to a new building, second floor apartment, in a very central location. We thought that was everything sorted but we soon realised the new place was not as we had expected it to be. A terrible smell, in the kitchen, like if a dead animal had been left to rot in there for weeks - the owner’s attempt to disguise it with cheap fragrance diffusers dotted all around the flat was a complete failure. Add to that uncomfortable furniture, humidity in the walls everywhere, no decent storage, no towel rail in the bathroom, faulty heating system, unequipped kitchen (we had to go to the restaurant downstairs to borrow a bottle opener), and you get the picture...
In short, not the best experience and disappointed overall with our stay. Maybe we were just unlucky…