We have spent 3 nights in Marilia's apartment.
The apartment is just like in the pictures - colorful, nicely decorated, inviting you to discover each corner of this place and making you want to meet the owners of the apartment.

The facilities were also just as described in the listing.

Unfortunately we did not met Marilia as she directed us to meet her cousin for the apartment keys.

We also appreciate Marilia's understanding in allowing us to keep our luggage in the apartment in the departure day. This saved us a lot of trouble - Thank you Marilia!

The minuses of this place came from:

1. The apartment keys - in order to get these we had to do a detour. It was not very handy in the late evening with our luggage to wander in searching the bar where Marilia's cousing worked to hand us over the keys. We had tried calling Marilia a few times once we have arrived in the city as we needed her help with the taxi driver and the address where to go. Unfortunately (she told us later) that she was in a very loud place and could not hear our phone. Luckily we managed somehow and got the keys.

I would have preferred an easier way to get the keys or even meet us at the apartment. This would have save us some time.

2. The bathroom size and smell - the bathroom is really really small.... I couldn't have tell this from the pictures of this apartment. And there was a bad smell that maybe came from the sewage, but that you could not get rid of.

3. The hallway in the apartment smell - there was a specific smell that would greet you as soon as you enter the apartment. It's that familiar smell that one gets when visiting your aunt or grandma's apartment. I think it's due to the building which is also old and the things inside the apartment. But you could easily get familiar with this so it's not too bad.