La Spezia by the First - Luxury Rooms & Suites

This is NOT a hotel. It is a room. There is no service. While the room itself is clean and bright and spacious, it is not part of a hotel. Also, despite misleading pictures on the website, you do not have a water view as you are blocks from the water. There is nothing "luxury" about this place. If you are looking for a spacious, clean room in a sketchy building with zero hotel service, this is for you. BUT note that to "check in" to the room, you have to follow "escape the room" instructions that you only receive via whatsapp a day or two before. The building is dark. The address is difficult to find. The stairwell and outer hallways are in really bad shape. You use an access code to get into the building. An access code to get the key for the elevator. Once you get to "The First" on the third floor, you use another access code to click into a box to get your key. Once you have your key you have to figure out where it goes to enter The First hallway (we helped others during our stay who were frustrated trying to figure it out --hint, it's not on the door, it's on the wall) Once you enter, you use the key to enter your room. There is only ONE key, so if you are travelling with a partner, be sure you stick together or one of you is out of luck. Do NOT put the one key in the box as the code to all the boxes is the same! It would clearly not be hard for someone (else) to figure that out.