Should you stay here? That’s the question, right? For 95% of you it’s a big yes. It’s reasonably priced, spacious, in a great location, clean, and has a full kitchen. For 95% of you that will work just fine.
Let’s start with the location. 15 minutes from the airport. The L1 metro stop is half a block away and that gets you to everything you’ll want to see inside of 15 minutes. Plenty of bars and restaurants, but not loud and bothersome. Several 24 hour markets are within 2 blocks. There’s a nice mall inside of what used to be a bull fighting arena. Two bus lines are also half block away. Should you want to walk to things, it’s a nice flat 30 minute walk or so.
We chose a 1 bed with balcony room. The views from the balcony were nice, but not amazing. I think we overlooked a school. But, getting fresh air and sunlight every morning was a treat, and the added cost was nominal.
The bathroom is spacious for Europe. You get incredible shower pressure and it runs hot. Perfect for evening showers after a long day of seeing the sights. Shampoo, body wash, and hand soap and included. Also included are hand and body towels.
I said full kitchen. You get a nice stove, microwave, fridge, freezer, Nespresso coffee machine, and dishwasher. You’ll also get a pre-bundled kit of dish soap, dishwasher soap, a sponge, and a kitchen towel. They’ve also added laundry detergent.
The bedroom is fairly basic, but spacious. The bed is comfortable, as are the pillows. There’s plenty of closet space and a safe.
So what’s missing from a hotel room? Conditioner, lotion, and someone to clean the room daily (it’s once per 3/4 days if you’re staying a week).
Like I said, for 95% of you, this place is perfect.
So, why is it 4 stars and not 5? And why isn’t it good for the other 5%? It comes down to 2 things:
1. No entertainment at the hotel. If you wanted a coffee, a beer, a gym, business center (for some reason), or a restaurant - look elsewhere.
2. The Elevator: It’s borderline useless. It holds maybe 5 people without luggage. It’s slow. And if someone leaves the door open to the elevator it won’t move for safety reasons. The number of times I had to walk 6 flights of stairs was immeasurable. I’m fit and in good health. If you aren’t - look elsewhere.
Were those enough to make me give a 4 instead of something higher? Yes. If Trip Advisor let you provide half stars, I would have given this a 4.5 out of 5. Where I had no choice but to go to a 4 was - toilet paper.
I know what you’re thinking, wait, what? Let me explain. Like an Airbnb you get what’s provided by the host. In our case and our other traveling companions, you get 2 small rolls for the week. We had 4 women and 1 man across 2 rooms and a single room with 1 guy. The room with 2 women and 1 man went through 2 rolls by day 5. We asked for more, and we were told you get what you get and you can buy more yourself. A bizarre decision that’s easily rectified through a purchase at one of the several 24 hour stores. But, annoying to say the least.
One other thing to take note of. Get the number of people staying in your room correct. You are taxed on the number of people and you are charged on the number of people. Originally we thought we’d have 2 people in our 1 bed with pull out couch. We had 3 in total. The price during check in changed. The tax I can understand, even though I think it’s silly. They don’t make that policy. But the room price changing is 100% on them. Why does the cost go up? Because with a 3rd person the pull out couch now needs to be cleaned. So a word to the wise, if you were traveling as friends, with 1 of you sleeping in the bed and the other on the pull out, you better hope the people who stayed before you declared they would use the pull out. Otherwise it might not be clean since it’s only cleaned when you have 3 people?
Look, I’d stay again. The frustrations are trumped by all the positives. But for 5% of you what I just shared is a deal breaker.…
This response is the subjective opinion of the management representative and not of Tripadvisor LLC.