Apartamento Vistas Paraiso

There was no internet, which meant no TV either. Apart from that, it would have been a 4.

The apartment smelled bad throughout, and the bedding was worn, dirty, and unpleasant-smelling. The refrigerator didn't cool at all, and several door handles were broken. We also found food scraps, large cockroaches, and ants in both the kitchen and on the bed when we arrived. The person renting it was rude and insisted we pay through Bizum because the payment couldn't be completed through the platform as usual, which made us distrustful. Although the place was advertised as a "vacation rental," there was no visible signage required by regulations, unlike other apartments in the building. I wouldn't recommend staying here under any circumstances. I've attached photos showing the condition it was handed over to us in.

The apartment itself was comfortable, and the two bathrooms were fine. Parking, though, was a joke. There wasn't a space for this apartment, so we ended up leaving the car about a kilometer away almost every day. The place was nice, but the surrounding circumstances weren't great. We'd left a security deposit, which seems unusual when booking through Booking.com. On departure day, while we were waiting for the woman to return it, she texted that we owed her another EUR and some interest. We called Booking.com to explain. A few minutes later she arrived with our deposit, and didn't mention any interest. She'd been speaking English with us at first, but as soon as she heard us speaking a Slavic language, she switched straight to Russian, which we don't speak. It sounded like she was trying to scam us, or at least that's how it came across.

The views were beautiful, and they let us check out late, which we really appreciated. The apartment itself was fine, but the mattress was awful, very thin, and felt like tissue paper. There weren't any proper pillows either, just cushions.