Tldr; great hosts, but the unit is on the first floor and lacks privacy. Would not recommend for solo/female travelers.
Joao and Vera were very friendly and caring! Joao let us check in earlier and also gave us good recommendations for local food places. The place itself is spacious and has good amenities, and location is not too far from center (short walk to train, 10-15 minute travel time to many destinations).
However, if it wasn’t bc of the friendly host, I would give the stay a 3/5 because of the lack of privacy & cleanliness can be improved. The bathroom also was not the best designed - water easily gets everywhere.
The airbnb is located on the ground floor (I thought it was at least on 2nd), and has no windows besides the doors that also function as windows (it’s gated). There was also no AC so we needed the door windows to be opened to get fresh air. And bc the shades are also very thin, it was really easy for anyone to see inside. It’s even more see through at night when the lights are on, so we kept the lights off majority of the time. As two petite female travelers, it did not feel the safest that people can easily see inside and know where we live.
On the first night, we were sitting by the doors and some dudes passing by decided to comment “ohh beautiful ladies” when we are in the apartment. There was also another guy who passed by while we were laughing who imitated us and said shut up bi*ch, and when we left he was just smoking outside our place. While we were walking away, he was looking at us the whole time which made us worried about going home at night.
Overall, it was difficult to stay here and feel fully at ease, and I wish there was at least a thicker shade or AC so that we didn’t have to worry about people seeing us.