The apartment is close to the metro which will take you to city center about 20 minutes away. A small shop around the corner. The apartment is in a safe neighborhood. Only negative is that their is no air conditioning which I guess is ok because if the cool weather but because you have to open the doors there is a lot of noise due to close major roads. Other than that the host was great he coordinated a taxi pick up and left us juice and cake in the fridge which was really nice. Overall it was a good stay.