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We stayed in the Maisonette apartment for a few days in August, and had a very nice time. The building is a large facility with seemingly many apartments, but at this time it was very quiet, with only a few other people staying there. It felt like we had the place to ourselves. The building is in a beautiful location, backing up to the forest and with mountain trails to walk along nearby. It's a great place to spend time close to nature while also being near the grocery store, restaurants, and attractions of Donovaly. We had a car with us, which made it no problem to go into Donovaly, but if you won't have a car, be aware that you'll be a pretty far hike from the grocery store and most of the restaurants. The facility has a nice little lawn out front with a playground that our kids really liked, as well as tables and benches. It was a great place to spend time, both inside and out. The apartment itself is very nice and well furnished, lots of beds and blankets. We didn't use the loft but it is a nice touch. We just used the beds in the bedroom and the fold-out couch in the living room and they were comfortable. The old couple who seem to be the on-duty caretakers of the facility were very kind and sweet. However, we should mention that they don't speak any English, only Slovak. Thankfully we speak Russian as well, and Russian and Slovak are similar enough that we were able to get by. But if you don't speak a Slavic language you'd be forced to use gestures and Google Translate to communicate with the staff :-). Also, we didn't try the restaurant in-house, so can't comment on that.

Some of the furniture is cheap and one cupboard in the entryway was so lightweight and unstable that when one of our kids put his weight on one of the open drawers, the whole thing fell on top of him. Thankfully he was ok, but as a result we broke a decoration that had been on top of it. We ended up turning around two of the cupboards in the apartment so that their drawers faced the wall, to feel safer with the children. Also, the balcony floorboards are pretty loose and move around, they could use some attention. The Wifi signal was fairly weak in the apartment. We were able to pick it up with our laptop in about 2/3 of the apartment, with our tablet in about 1/2 of the apartment, and hardly at all with our smartphone. Also, the table tennis, billiards, and tabletop soccer mentioned in the listing all cost money to use, although in our case they let us use the ping pong for free, which we appreciated. If you bring your own ping pong paddles and ball you can use it for free, I believe. Finally, the kitchen is pretty well equipped but it has only a stovetop, not an oven. (There are a microwave and refrigerator, of course). Most of these are fairly minor complaints, but worth mentioning in case they are a bigger deal for other travelers. For us, we still had a great time at the apartment and recommend it!

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