HN Gaviota

The decor was lovely. The TV worked well and all kitchen appliances, cutlery, plates etc were good. The terrace was great and caught the sun all day and evening. The door lock system was very smart, if you are comfortable with apps etc. There is a good webpage they send you which has a lot of useful information (wifi, restaurants, house rules etc.)

Steep, dangerous stairs straight from the front door up to the apartment, without any light (broken bulb) so difficult to drag suitcases up at night! Parking isn't that easy but there are places around the town. Wasn't like the photos because the photos are of the similar apartment downstairs. There was no desk, no table and nowhere to work, dine etc. The sofa was really uncomfortable to sit on so it would be impossible to sleep on! Not suitable for more than 2 people. The worst thing was the host; we arrived to see that the bed pillows we were sleeping on were SO old, very, very dirty and falling apart (foam was spilling out of the rips in the pillow!!) Not to mention extremely uncomfortable. So I politely requested new ones to the host via the communication app but he didn't reply at all (we stayed for 7 nights). So we had to use the outdoor cushions (also v. uncomfortable). The whole bed is uncomfortable and we didn't sleep well the whole stay. But then.... The morning of our checkout I received a WhatsApp from the host before 9am. He didn't acknowledge my request from our 1st night but just asked when we were leaving so the cleaner could come. (Even though checkout isn't until 12pm!) So... I said we would be leaving around 10:30. So at around 9:30, we hauled our 8+ suitcases down the dangerous marble stairs, opened the door to find a man hovering around outside the front door, smoking, on a phonecall. I recognised his face from the WhatsApp and immediately realised.... the owner/host was hovering outside the apartment! He didn't introduce himself but told a van to come to the front door to unload some very big packages, at the same time as we were going up and down the stairs to load our cases into our car! He didn't even offer to help us (2 women!!)! He didn't do or say anything to us and basically kicked us out of the apartment 2 hours before checkout!!

The apartment is located in a nice small town close to Seville. It was great having a kitchen and washing machine during my stay.

While nicely decorated, the space could have been cleaner and better kept. The wifi also doesn’t work very well throughout the apartment.

Muy acogedor y tranquilo