Anna’s Retreat

Unless we have confirmed other arrangements, check-in is any time after 4 PM, and checkout is by 11 AM.

Parking is free and on-street in front of the building. Park for as long as you want in the “30-minute parking” zone. This parking zone is for you ☺

Street cleaning happens on the second Monday of the month for the building side of the street and the second Tuesday of the month for the opposite side of the street. The City of St. Louis will ticket your car if it is parked during street cleaning hours between noon and 3:30 PM on those days.

Anna's Retreat is three short blocks east of the city's most frequently served transit line, 70 Grand.

The Grand bus line offers direct connection to Metrolink, which serves Lambert Airport, Busch Stadium, and a number of other St. Louis destinations.

Coming from Lambert Airport: Take Metrolink to the Grand Station (this is a 25-minute ride). Use the elevator or stairs to go up to Grand Boulevard, and stand at the southbound stop. Take the next 70-Grand bus just under one-and-a-half miles south to Shenandoah Avenue. If you ask the bus driver, he or she will let you know when you reach your stop.

Walk across Grand Boulevard at Shenandoah (there is a traffic light), and continue east for three short blocks to Anna's Retreat.

Here is a link to Metro St. Louis.

Pro Tip #1: For real-time transit info in St. Louis and more than 100 other cities, download Transit App on your smart phone. Authorize a credit or debit card on your Transit App and you'll be able to buy fares in St. Louis. If you are traveling in on Metrolink from Lambert Airport, you will pay the local fare, not the airport fare.

Pro Tip #2: Another excellent resource is the transit feature on Google Maps.

There are two ways to get upstairs to the apartment: Via the front door, or the side door.

Your check-in details with the exact address will be emailed to you three days before your arrival.

Airbnb guests: We don't have your email address, so the exact address and check-in information is sent to you via Airbnb messaging about 8 AM on your arrival date. If you want the check-in details emailed to you, give us your email address.

Here is a 35-second YouTube video on how to use the lock box.

The keyless entry code is the last four digits of the phone number associated with the reservation, followed by the check mark.

Watch this 34-second YouTube video on how to unlock the apartment door.

Your apartment entry code will almost always be the last four digits of the phone number tied to your reservation. (On the rare occasions that it's not, we will email and message you with your four-digit code.)

To open the door, your four-digit code is always followed by the check mark. The door will automatically lock after 30 seconds. You'll hear a two-toned chime when the door locks.

We're hungry when we travel, so we assume you might be, too. Enjoy!

Anna's Retreat is heated by hot water radiators that turn on as needed to keep the whole building at about 70 degrees. If it doesn't feel that warm, call us ASAP.

If you want Anna's Retreat to be warmer than about 70 degrees, there’s a space heater in the walk-in closet across from the kitchen.

In hot weather, Anna's Retreat is cooled by two window-unit air conditioners. You have total control over the temperature.

Please note that the air conditioners are installed in early Spring and removed for cleaning in late Fall.

You are always welcome to open windows.

Login to any streaming services to which you subscribe like Netflix or Hulu. Logout before you leave. Local stations are available with an antenna attached to the television.

You'll find them in the bathroom. Thank you for using them for makeup or anything that might cause staining.

Smoking is not allowed in the apartment or anywhere on the premises. Please step outside to the public sidewalk or alley to smoke or vape.

At this moment there is not a laundromat on site. WashStudio is three short blocks east, on Shenandoah at Nebraska. Hours are 7 AM to 9 PM daily.

Dumpsters are directly behind the building in the alley. To get to the alley, make a right at the corner of Shenandoah and Compton, and make a right into the alley.

Recycling is single stream: clean and dry paper, metal, glass, and plastic.

St. Louis' tap water is among the best in the United States. Don't take our word, though. Here's what Google says.

We recommend WashStudio in Soulard. Wash Studio will pick up and deliver your laundry, or you can go to their laundromat, which is two miles east of Anna's Retreat.

No worries, you haven't! Use the side door, which has keyless entry. The code is 1106.