Pros & Cons... this large flat has some beautiful rooms and some closet rooms, so be sure to look at the photos of the room you're renting. I rented #3/ black, which was large, spacious, and airy with balcony doors to the street. The room itself was lovely. You'll be near public transportation, about 4 minute walk to the Sao Bento bus stop and 4 bus stops from the yellow line subway Rato. There are 2.5 baths, so that's never an issue even though there are about 7 rooms with 1-2 people in them. There's a shared kitchen for cooking and a market just 2 blocks away. Some issues that may or may not concern you: this is an unmanned hostel for adults. No owner lives on site, which is described in the listing; however, when there's a problem at any place that is unmanned, guests don't always behave well. Noise --this place is noisy. Some issues are others talking on the phone, playing videos/ music without headphones... You'll hear this because it's an old building with high ceilings, wood floors, and no soundproofing measures. The front door closes quite loudly and guests slam doors sometimes. There was another guest who made a lot of noise one night, who thankfully was gone the next, and a party of young guys for two days in the flat below. The owner was decent with communication for the most part, but that doesn't help the fact that I didn't get much sleep for three nights. He did offer another room in another flat, but it was across town in Belém, where I'd already visited 2 days, and it would've cost too much time and money to stay so far away. So 3 nights were not good at all, but the other 5 nights were fine. Check in was great with their employee Marina who was very friendly, knowledgeable, and helpful with good English. So I'm giving a rating average due to noise.