Overall and amazing stay and great location! Highly recommend!
Pros:
- Our host Ani was amazing! Super friendly and accomodating. She was readily available if you run into any concerns. She also provided us with some amazing recommendations for restaurants that made our trip that much better.
- Location is great and walkable to various neighborhoods around the city. (Note: There is a steep hill to directly access Rua das flores which could be an issue for those with limited mobility, but nothing out of the ordinary for the city itself is quite hilly; you also have the option to take a longer/less direct walk to the apartment with less hills) We were able to go up and down in our baby stroller when needed without an issue.
- Comfortable beds!
- Lots of space to enjoy if you are traveling with a family/group. We were able to enjoy an evening movie while our baby slept on the other level without worrying we would wake him.
Cons:
- Internet / The wifi connection is solid for the most part, however because the unit is 4 levels don’t expect to have a clear connection on the top floor (master bedroom). This only became an issue for us with our wifi babymonitor cutting in and out overnight.
- Noise / normal city sounds just an FYI - The church bells ring consistently throughout the day. You can hear other residents plumbing noises at times (flushing toilets etc). The next door neighbors were quite loud and have dogs that they do not clean up after (we had a nice view of the presents left in the yard next door). The dogs were barking into the night and morning which was only a potential problem for us because we didn’t want the baby to wake up. You may also encounter some stray cats in the backyard who sometimes get into late night catfights but nothing we weren’t used to living in a city.