Joao Oliveira
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Great for a group trip, BEWARE if you have cat allergies and are sensitive to fragrances.
The good :
The room was very spacious The property was quiet (we were on the top floor not facing the street) The location is fantastic The value is quiet great, especially considering location Upon arrival the rooms are quite clean. It was nice to have a kitchen, dining space and balcony.
The bad:
The lobby had cats living inside, as someone who is allergic this made my stay quiet uncomfortable. The more enclosed room in our apartment gave me hives, I can only think this is because of the cats. I was also constantly stuffy, sneezing and itchy because of this. I would have never booked this apartment if I knew there were cats living in the building. The bedding and towels are washed with heavily scented detergent which made sleeping uncomfortable. Outdated information in the hostel. (the windows says up to 50 euros if you break window) Someone in my group accidentally broke a window while putting his shoes on and had to pay 70 euros to get it fixed. We had 2 "room cleanings", we were told to put our things into our bags so that the rooms could be cleaned. They only swapped out the towels, the room remained dusty the entire week. The bathroom smelled strongly of urine. We are unsure if it was the toilet itself or if the opening on the floor for plumbing was connected to the toilet. We kept it clean so we don't know why it smelled so poorly especially towards the end of the trip.