It feels weird giving all five stars on the various categories of experience Airbnb has; I have never done it before. But there is no way around it here: for Gabriella y Carlos, Airbnb needs another category of experience. Yes, they are listed as Super Hosts. But I have stayed with many so-called Airbnb super hosts, and they were all fine. But my few days with Gabriella y Carlos was something beyond host-worthiness. Within seconds of meeting Gabriella, who checked me in, she made me feel as if I were not only home, but left me wondering why I had ever left. And it was beyond the simple facts of a clean and well arranged room and simple amenities like hangers (I have stayed in only one other airbnb location where there were clothes hangers), it is more about who she is. After a long chat with Carlos and becoming more acquainted with him and his wife — and their life together — it was easy to see how extraordinary it is for these two people to have found each other; so extraordinary that, upon meeting either one of them, separately or together, you feel a sudden friendship with them; you feel yourself at home. Gracias Gabriella y Carlos...
As for the room itself, it was one of several they have, mine on the ground floor off an inner courtyard arranged nicely with plants and table and chairs, with a solid blue sky overhead and, about six paces away, in the same courtyard, a private bathroom with hot hot water but with a low low ceiling that might cause a tall tall person to stoop, but no big deal. The room has a genuine desk (something I had never yet encountered in an airbnb) a rolling office chair, great closet space, two mirrors, three lights, on overhead fan, a very comfy bed, and natural light from a good size curtained window and a lockable door with translucent glass.