Almadelena Guest House

Located on 2. floor of the building with plenty of room. 2 bathrooms in excellent condition. Plenty of beds to accommodate a party of 7+ people. Grocery stores very close. Main shopping street is just a few minutes away on foot. Quiet neighborhood.

The apartment lacks simple utensils for eating. Its many beds may accommodate plenty of guests, but it lack seating for such a crowd. Low on plates, cutlery, glasses, etc. Kitchen was in dire need of a thorough renovation! The cleanliness of the apartment was sub-par. Surely, the floors were clean on first glimpse, but on closer look they were not. For example, I had to move the small freezer (with a thick layer of ice in it with various substances frozen into it) to be able to open the door fully for the kitchen. This revealed a quite sticky and disgusting floor below. Also I found a handful of fragments of a broken bottle by the aid of my bare foot (ouch!). In general, I had the feeling of whatever you'd move you'd reveal yet another uncleaned spot. The apartment was constantly damp independent on the air's humidity outside. This is probably because of the location near the river combined with the building being quite old. Upon arrival to the apartment we had not received any info from the owner for retrieval of the keys etc., hence I thought he'd be in the apartment to greet us welcome. He was not. The information provided before arrival was so poor that we didn't even know which floor the apartment was located on. We simply had to guess. After running up and down the stairs we came to the conclusion that it likely was the apartment on 2. floor. The correctness of our guess was supported by a discovery of a key underneath the door mat. We did not find the the apartment cozy. It has a vibe of being a rental being kept on lowest budget for the owner. Choices of furniture and lighting (which could not light up the place properly) did absolutely not match the paintings on the ceilings, that seemed to be main selling point in regard to the pictures uploaded from the owner.

It was a great location, amazing size of rooms and comfortable beds, easy checking in process, the host was very quick to answer messages etc.

It was very dark as the lighting wasn’t sufficient and the shutters had to be kept drawn due to the heat. There was an airless, musty smell in the flat, the linen and towels were not very fresh and smelt of damp. we hadn’t realised there was no air conditioning and the fans supplied were old, one wasn’t working. This made it hard to sleep. Also it looked like there was parking in the photos but the nearest free parking was a 30 minute walk in 36 degree heat! there could have been more information about parking in Pisa as none of the street signage was clear. The host did explain where to park but the instructions could have had more detail.

Charming and beautiful historical apartment, well located in a nice area.

The furniture in the living room and the kitchen was dirty. Also the table ware in the kitchen cupboards were dirty and smelly at arrival. The noise and smell from the garbage bins outside on the square.

location was excellent..convenient to train station & sights. Lots of cafes, restaurants, bars and shopping nearby

no air conditioning but there were lots of fans which was helpful