What a shame that this well located apartment feels so unwelcoming. No sooner booked than asked to upload documentation which is fine. But then frequent emails asking what time we were checking in at even after it was agreed that I’d let them know a couple of days before arrival. Turns out you can’t check-in before 16:00hrs anyway. Then the check-in itself. They insisted that they required confirmation of my credit card in order to check-in although one of Airbnb’s boasts is that the hosts don’t get your credit card details! I’d to pay them €1 and fill in more personal details to get check-in details. Then upload an app to my phone in order to get into the apartment. Tedious in the extreme and not very holiday friendly.
We had chosen the apartment because it was supposed to be quiet although central. To our horror we discovered that the bedrooms overlooked an active building site. We asked why we weren’t told this and were told it was noted on the Airbnb site under health and safety! And also that their last information the works were substantially finished and we’d have little noise - see photos. As the building site was still at the demolition stage this was far from true and we were woken at 8:00am each weekday to diggers and kango hammers. Siestas weren’t possible. This building work is going to go on for years.
I’ve never before stayed in an Airbnb where not so much as a grain of salt or a coffee capsule was provided but this was the case here. Clinical to a fault. Also no helpful tips on nearest supermarket or so much as a street map. Covid is no excuse in my books for this.
Overall, without the noise, this is a comfortable apartment that could be made more so with some welcoming touches.
Also some of the reviews say great view of the beach. We could only see the sea, NOT the beach, if we put our heads right out the front windows. We were looking forward to the view of the beach as we are regular swimmers and absolutely love the sea. This makes me believe that these reviews apply to other apartments run by FeelFree all under the one Airbnb listing but not the one we stayed in hence the apartment was not as we were led to expect. Overall a very disappointing and expensive experience for what we got.