Apartamento J COSTA 15- Alameda Hércules

There aren't windows but it's ok

The description is totally misdleading. This place does not have any windows!!!! All windows on the pictures are facing other rooms. Because of this, the air in the rooms is stale and smells unpleasant. The space has no privacy at all. It is separated from the building's common corridor by a sort of plastic screen that does not go all the way to the ceiling. It feels more like a cubicle than an appartment. At night, when the neighbors come to the building and turn the light in the commong corridor, the appartment is lighten, too, because the screen is made from a thin plastic, and also the light penetrates through the gap between the screen and the ceiling. Also, one can hear every word that the people in the corridor say. I woke up at night every time somebody comes in to the corridor. The kitchen is across a public corridor from the rest of the space, and one needs to unlock the digital lock to go to the kitchen from the rooms, and than to unlock the appartment to go back. We would never rent this place if the description were accurate. It is not a place you want to spend your vacation in. And it priced as a normal appartment, but you are getting a convinience and a privacy of a hostel.

The apartment was ridiculously noisy, as it was open to sound travel from other areas in the apartment. We could literally hear other people's conversations directly above us and in the building entrance.

The lack of windows in the main lounge and bedrooms was a bit unusual but ok for a short stay. The filtered natural light through the lounge ceiling helped.