An unsafe area. Not disclosed. It has a high rating bc it’s right near the train station. But Airbnb has sent a photographer there and they clearly didn’t verify the truth of listing text beyond the apartment images.
The taxi driver didn’t even want to drop us off. He warned us not to walk outside after sunset and not to carry a phone out of pocket outside. We tried to feel it out, and walked a couple of blocks to a local supermarket and we also tried a convenience store where the cashier was behind thick layers of bullet proof glass and the guys around us in the shop had ‘open carry’ guns or something. It was out of a scary movie.
Two women on a work trip and we were afraid. Petrifying experience and we were too scared to sleep there so we left the booking after 2 hours without a full refund and frankly barely any refund. Given the lack of disclosure on the neighborhood, we expected a full refund. We ended up losing a ton of money on this unsafe booking and had to take a hotel in a safer area. The apt was as pictured and very clean but a host must disclose an unsafe area and not pretend it’s safe - before we booked, she knew it was two women staying and she had clearly heard some sort of feedback on the neighborhood before bc when we spoke to her she dismissed it with “its used to be unsafe a decade ago but it’s not anymore.”. That’s withholding vital safety info. We opened a dispute with AirBnB on this.