The apartment is in a nice, safe location on a quiet residential street close to produce stands and shops needed for daily life. It is also near more active commercial streets so there are a variety of amenities close by. Great communication with the kind hosts. Apartment was incredibly dirty when I arrived (crumb piles and spiderwebs in kitchen, hairs on bathroom floor, stained toilet, etc.) I spent hours cleaning upon arrival. The A/C works well, but it was necessary even when the weather was nice to drown out the constant drip of water in the bathroom and to try to cover the yelling of the preschool aged kid across the courtyard. I didn't keep the windows open or go out into the courtyard much at all because the yelling happened around the clock. I had to go to local coffee shops to be able to work without hearing the screaming. There is no elevator, as promised in the listing. (There was only one small flight with 17 stairs so it is easy enough to navigate if you are more mobile and don't have big bags.) The pictures look better than the apartment itself. I stayed for a month and so I got a long-term discount price, but the apartment was not a good value. I would not stay there again.