I stayed at the Santa Beach House for 3,5 weeks and it has been wonderful. It’s the tidiest and most equipped hostel I’ve ever stayed in. I stayed in a private room with private bathroom and sweet cleaning lady Maria made sure your room was nicely cleaned every week but also she did an amazing job keeping the common areas tidy. She took care of the house as it was her own. Ricardo also checked once and a while if all was good to make sure I had a great stay.
Two things I loved the most about the place: the internet speed and the kitchen(s). The internet was very fast. I am a digital nomad and have to do a lot of video calls and the speed downstairs was around 55Mbps, perfect for the things I had to do. When I didn’t have any calls planned but had to work in the cloud (working with Gsuite or Office 365), working upstairs (where I stayed) was sufficient too (around 18 Mbps). Watching Netflix upstairs was also not a problem. All good!
The house has a kitchen of each of the two floors and they were amazingly equipped. Probably the most equipped kitchen so I had basically everything I needed to prepare a nice homecooked meal.
Although the stay was close to perfect it was a shame the washing machine was broken. Luckily there was a laundromat in the neighborhood on a 3 minute walking distance. Regarding to the location it was just perfect: 3 minute walk to the supermarket, gym and busstop and 6 minute walk to the beach.
Normally I’m not a fan of longterm stays in hostels but I felt absolutely at home at this one and I would definitely recommend and come back.