Propreté, espace, équipements

Très bruyant la nuit

L’emplacement dans le cœur de la ville, les équipements du logement.

Big de l’ascenseur pour monter les valises.

The location is near perfect. The apartment is on Calle San Alfonso I, which goes directly into the Basilica and main plaza (less than a 5 minute walk away). The apartment is spacious and well-appointed. The A/C is very strong and kept the apartment at a very comfortable 20°C/68°F even though it was nearly 35°C/95°F outside in August. Some reviewers mentioned crowd noise from the street but we didn’t have that problem. Another great feature of the apartment is the wooden blackout blinds, which for some reason produce near-perfect darkness in the main room (with a sofa bed) but are only about 90% effective in the bedroom.

The price was a bit excessive because it was the week of the eclipse, but if you are ever going to Zaragoza I cannot imagine a better place to stay. Why would you stay in a small hotel room when for a similar price you could have a full kitchen, laundry, dishwasher, refrigerator with freezer and a separate locker-door bedroom?

The property has a wonderful location - right in the centre of the old Town so easy to access everything. The apartment was also very clean and the bed was comfortable. The internet is also pretty good which I needed it to be as I was working for a few days.

Unfortunately the main advantage of the apartment is its biggest Achilles heel - namely its location. The apartment is just ridiculously noisy. The soundproofing is non existent and the noise from the Main Street is constant and never ending. As I result I didn’t have one good nights sleep here out of five due to people yelling or singing outside at 3, 4 and 5 o’clock in the morning. Earplugs didn’t really help. The other big minus point for me is the lack of any basic kitchen food stuffs. I would expect at least some sugar, oil, salt, pepper, herbs etc when staying somewhere with a full kitchen. There was absolutely nothing. It would cost very little just to provide a few basics and although I ended up buying them I didn’t feel like I should have had to. With this in mind the price the price I paid for this - £580 for 5 days was in retrospect very expensive. This was for an apartment with no breakfast. We’re not talking Madrid or Barcelona here but Zaragoza and I could have got a hotel room for much better value. The apartment was nice but in no way was it worth what I paid.