We spent a night at Elena's place. The place looked classic, nice and clean. Elena herself was helpful in guiding us to visit the city. She was also waiting for us to arrive on the street. As for the proximity, you can get a bus right in front of her place and get to downtown in 10-20 minutes. Only one thing that bothered us a lot was mosquitos. Probably she forgot to tell us to use the mosquito repellant device. We couldn't sleep well the night and the next day we had a lot of itchy bites on our legs and back that stayed for a week. So, my overall rating is a 4-star.