The location was good, just be prepared to walk back up a big hill when you leave. I was not impressed with my overall experience. The host told me someone else named Marisa would be meeting me at the apartment when I arrived, this did not happen. As I'm in transit on my way there I get a message from Marisa saying she won't be able to make it and someone else would meet me there. I thought this was a little strange considering they knew well in advance when I was arriving but I thought ok. I was left standing outside for a bit as it's an apartment and the front door is obviously not the door to the apartment so knocking wouldn't help and I didn't have this person's contact information. After I got inside, it smelled like someone had been smoking which really bothered me as the listing said it was a non-smoking place and that's something I specifically look for when booking. Later I realized it was the neighbour across the hall but it wafted into the apartment. One of the things I liked about the listing was that it had a washing machine. Well, to my dismay it didn't work. I spent over three hours trying to figure it out and even having my friend in Canada trying to send me instructions in English as the manual there was in Portuguese. I contacted Marisa and she couldn't help. She then had the host contact me and still no help. And then she wanted me to keep trying now without clothes in the machine. By this point I was really annoyed as I had just arrived and I was tired and hungry, not to mention cutting into my own time. I don't think it's up to me to trouble shoot for you because you can't be there, that's not what I payed for. Also, the shower was clogged and filled up to my ankles while showering which was gross. After telling the host about this she said would have Marisa look at it. I never heard from Marisa again. I was only there for a few days so I just bared with it. Also when I got there there was little to no hand soap in the bathroom and one of the bulbs was out (but we do pay a cleaning and service fee for our stay so maintenance should be included), which at first I wasn't overly bothered by, especially since i had my own soap thankfully, but given the other things it all just added to a not so great experience. I would not stay here again.