The apartment is well located, clean and check in was smooth and easy. it's missing a few comforts like a kettle and cushions on the sofa, but is simple and has the other basics one would need. it has a beautiful outlook from the balcony and in walking distance from many great sights, restaurants and shops and is not far from Sao Bento station. Unfortunately during our stay we were hugely affected by noise in the area. Construction of the new metro line is occuring just outside the entrance to the airbnb and work seems to start at 10pm running through the night into the morning, till about 8am, then, oddly, is quiet during the day. There is also a recycling point below the apartment and glass bottles are dumped every few hours from the neighbouring restaurants, and the truck comes to collect this at about 11pm and 6am, which is also a noisy affair. You can also hear people in the neighbouring apartments and street below, however this was less of a bother to us. Carolina did kindly provide earplugs, but unfortunately this didn't block out all the noise. We don't usually mind a bit of street noise, but this was excessive even for us. I know these things are out of the hosts control, so it is hard to review them on this, but we were only informed of the construction a day prior to the stay and still paid full price in a place where we could barely sleep. Furthermore double glazing could be implemented to assist and block out the noise. I think this would have been a much more positive experience if the construction had been completed, so for those wishing to stay here in the future I could recommend if this work was complete.