We always stay in own apartments, but the inconveniences of just renting a room, sharing bathroom and not having kitchen was totally made up by the excellent host, Columba. Columba was a mine of information about the city, its life and its surroundings,. She was extremely kind and helped a lot - not least when my husband got food poisoned and sick. We almost felt that we made a new friend. And as mentioned by others, she makes you a very nice breakfast which you can eat with a view on the balcony or in the nicely decorated living room.
We had booked the small room with balcony. The room size required some organisation, but the balcony was really an asset. The room is extremely quiet and peaceful and we slept with the balcony door open. Not mentioned in the ad, but good to know for people with allgeries/astma is that there is a cat living in the apartment and for people with mobility problems that the ap is on the second floor without elevator and also a bit uphill.
The location is in the Antiguo neighbourhood, a couple of hundred meters uphill from the division between Ondarra beach and La Concha beach – so you are close to both. It is 25 min walk from Parte Vieja and all the pintxios bars, but the walk along la Concha is a delight at all times of the day and night. We stayed 7 nights and only took a taxi back at night once ( less than 7 €). Bus (no 5) is also an option as it runs from outside Parte Vieja to the center of Antiguo just some hundred meters from the ap . In weekends the bars in Antiguo stock up with pintxios and forms a more local alternative to Parte Vieja who's bars then are drenched in people. All in all the Antiguo neighbourhood had a very local feel with small fruit-, fish- and meat shops et etc. Staying there was like living in a small village of its own inside the city.
All in all we hade a wonderful stay!