The house is right in Bairro Alto, with lively nightlife on the doorstep, and walking distance from the train station (without luggage anyway). The noise from the street is pretty muffled with the double glazed windows closed, which was fine this July as the weather was not super hot. The single room is a bit bigger than I expected from the photo, with a table and chair at one end - plenty of space for luggage. Overall, exactly what I was looking for.