2/10 Terrible
Mornnix, Manchester
7 Sep, 2014
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Very 'Mice'
We arrived at Podere Benintendi and were very happy, at first, with what we found. It would've been nice however, to be greeted with some sort if welcome or information or anything really...
Located at the top of a hill overlooking Certalde and in the distance, the San Gimignano skyline.
Close enough to the local supermarket to take full advantage of the self catering aspect of the accommodation - or so we thought.
Upon putting our baby to bed, we notched the headboard was covering in what we put down to 'gecko poo' - until later we learned the apartment was infested with mice.
We understand it's the countryside and what not, but, at £100 a night, we do not expect to be met with a 'what do you expect' and 'here's a mouse trap' attitude. It was gone 10pm when we noticed that the kitchen was also covered in mouse poo, and that all our shopping that wasn't stored in the fridge had been eaten by the said mice, along with all of the Italian goodies we had collected along our travels - all in the bin.
The time also meant we couldn't look for anywhere else to stay and so were met with the snapping of mouse traps all night and greeted by a load of dead mice to dispose of on the morning.
It's such a shame as this accommodation had everything we were looking for, bright 'clean' and spacious apartments with the most beautiful pool and views.
So we paid for - reluctantly - one night and were forced to throw €100 euro of shopping away that we couldn't take with us because it wouldn't keep (fresh meats we had bought to BBQ and the stuff the mice had nibbled) and were left with nowhere to stay and hugely out of pocket.
Gutted.