ELEGANT AMBIANCE - 2 BLOCKS FROM JUAREZ PARK- MAID & BRKFAST

There is much to like about this apartment and our stay was overall very pleasant. Still there are some features to think about if you plan a longer stay. The location is a nice compromise. Apartments in the center will be smaller for the same price. We were about an 18 minute walk from the main plaza and about 25 minutes from our Spanish school. The apartment itself is equipped with an extremely comfortable king-sized bed and a good shower with abundant hot water. The kitchen is attractive and adequate for cooking some meals but lacked an assortment of saucepans and utensils for more serious cooking. We solved this by paying the house’s cook to buy and prepare three or four meals a week. By the way, we arrived to San Miguel late at night the first day and the cook had left a soup and bowl of guacamole for us. Very gracious touch. The ad for this apartment mentions prominently that six breakfasts are included. There was some misunderstanding about this, which I think is now cleared up, since the housekeeper and the cook did not seem to know about this arrangement.The apartment is attached to the much bigger main house and the ad for the apartment shows pictures of the top-floor deck of the main house and describes many of the features of the main house which do not apply to the apartment. During our month stay there were no guests in the main house for the first 25 days, so it was no problem to arrange with the staff to have access to the two decks so that we could enjoy drinks in the afternoon or read and sunbathe. The last few days other guests arrived in the main house and we were told we would no longer enjoy access to the main house. For such a short time this was not a problem but would have been if it had happened at the beginning of our stay. Perhaps the last caveat to mention is the telephone service. The apartment is equipped with a phone which is convenient for local phone calls. For all calls outside of the city we used Skype. At the end of our stay we emailed the owner to request the sizable security deposit back. We were told that we would have to wait two and one half months to make sure there were no long distance calls charged. I have never experienced anything like this before. I have spent a fair bit of time on the small annoyances of our stay and in a way that gives too much weight to them. The overall impression was very favorable. For those not counting on a sunny balcony it represents very good value.