Location Location Location! In the Ribeira district one block from the busy riverfront - however, you'd never know high up in this relatively quiet massive two-story apartment. Rooms & bathrooms are spacious and well appointed. All rooms with A/C and heat. The staircase in the middle is grand and impressive. Hosts were very responsive to questions. One of the rooms does get a bit more noise from the street than the others, but still acceptable. On our last day the elevator was not working, but that's no fault of the hosts - they did try to get it fixed in a timely fashion, but we did have take our luggage down the 4 flights of stairs. The exposed old walls are a beautiful touch to a modern and tastefully renovated space. We had ample room for our two families - I am sure three families would also be very comfortable here in this 4 bedroom 5 full bathroom two story penthouse.