Living Like a Local in Girona in My Wimdu Apartment

I love living like a local wherever I go and staying with Wimdu makes it easy to feel like a local.

I first stayed with Wimdu in Durban, South Africa, in a turn of the century town house.  In addition to a list of recommended restaurants that I never would have found on my own, the instructions also included how to get monkeys out of the house – apparently shaking a broom at them does the trick!  It’s these little things which make me feel right at home.

Flash forward to Girona.  It was not my first time in Girona, I had been there earlier this year when I volunteered at MONA,  a chimpanzee sanctuary.   It was there that my Chimpanzee Love Affair with Charlie began and sadly ended just as quickly as it began.

 The difference being with this visit I wasn’t volunteering with chimps, but was here for a TBEX Conference.  And instead of retreating back to a lonely hotel room as I had done when volunteering, I retreated back to my room mates/fellow travel bloggers, Isabel from Diaro de a Bordo, Barbara from Hole in the Donut and Heather from Heather on her travels (both Barbara and Heather’s links are to their experiences in Girona so be sure to check them out).  We gabbed and giggled, sharing our future blogging plans, giving each other advice and encouragement.  I learned a lot from these ladies and treasure the time I spent with them.

I had a built in community of three lovely ladies.  It would have been virtually impossible for the four of us to share a hotel room AND have our own beds, but it was easy in our  Wimdu apartment.  It had three bedrooms (2 single beds, 1 double) and a pull out couch which Barbara slept on.

 Our apartment was so newly renovated that they had just finished moving in the furniture by the time I had arrived.  It was simply furnished, but more importantly in my books, it was really clean.  There was also a kitchen including a microwave.  Almost immediately upon arriving I went out to buy a few items for breakfast.  I never miss any opportunity to eat delicious Catalan Jamón (ham)!  I loved having a kitchen, which would have been missing in a hotel room.
 I also LOVED the location. Our Wimdu apartment was located on Calle Bellaire right in the heart of the Old Town.  The Girona Cathedral was just steps from our door, as were the Jewish Quarter and Arab Baths.  We were only a 20 minute walk to the conference center.

Our Wimdu apartment offered AMAZING VALUE.

It cost just ~€100 night.  That’s just €25/person a night for an entire furnished apartment!  Our apartment was simply furnished, but Wimdu has over 50,000 properties across the globe, so you can find something for every budget if you are looking for something more luxurious.

The only downside was that while our Wimdu apartment had Wifi as promised, the connection was slow at times.

I thoroughly enjoyed my stay in our Wimdu apartment in Girona – in large part because it offered me a built-in community – which is the epitome of living like a local.

See more of Girona from this great video by Heather on her travels: