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Reviewed 4 December 2014

Studio do Carmo is located close to the commercial part of Pelourinho. The neighborhood is therefore a mix of maintained houses and "favela-style". We'd a big room at the top floor, which faced the backyard. A charming room, which was also clean, but as it's in orginal condition, there is not any noise reducing actions taken (i.e new windows, extra isolation, new doors, etc.). The place give a good value for money and should to this not be compared to more up-market boutique hotels. Here you will find good breakfast in a charming breakfast area on the lower terrace. Good service (but not free city maps, free water bottles which is more common on the costly hotels).
Personslly I also find the athmosphere in the street attractive as there is more "real people" than tourists 😉

Date of stay: November 2014
Trip type: Travelled as a couple
Thank arvesan
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Reviewed 25 November 2014

I can say without hesitation that this was our first mistake in terms of basing a decision on Trip Advisor reviews - I cannot for the life of me work out how it can be in the Top 20 of Salvador hotels.

The only reason this gets two stars and not one star is that I reserve that for places where I either feel in physical danger in the hotel, or we're the victim of some kind of scam - that's a pretty low bar.

We arrived at 8pm and were greeted by a guy on reception who seemed totally bewildered that we were standing in front of him. He didn't say a word to us and pushed a piece of paper at me three times to sign various parts, then gave us the key and took us upstairs - still hardly a word spoken.

The room (9) photographs well, but it was a shambles - I very nearly didn't even put my bag down. It wasn't so much "rustic" as it was "dilapidated" - and more concerningly, smelled of mould. The shower was leaking and the bed reminded me of something you'd see in a college dorm room. Resisting the urge to move hotels immediately, we eventually swapped rooms to one marginally better - a little lower - than at least did not smell of mould, but was little better in terms of comfort.

The area itself, at least at night, felt decidedly dangerous. We live in Rio de Janeiro, so we're used to living somewhere that requires a certain radar for danger and this place made me feel very uncomfortable. We had a quick walk up the road, saw a couple of guys get approached by a younger lad wanting some kind of deal and turned on our heels.

There was a nice lady at reception when we checked out - she spoke good English and seemed in control. Overall, though, I would never stay there again and had we been staying for more than one night, we would certainly have moved. Avoid.

Date of stay: November 2014
  • Trip type: Travelled as a couple
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2  Thank Meccano_Rio
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Reviewed 5 November 2014 via mobile

This pousada is very beatiful and the room we stayed in was large and very confortable. The old building is located in the heart of this amazing neighborhood - we stayed there in the weekend so there were concerts and music everywhere.
The staff was very helpful, breakfast was good and the place was kept very clean all the time.
Would for sure stay there again.

Date of stay: October 2014
Trip type: Travelled as a couple
Thank Iuri V
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Reviewed 20 October 2014

Superior room is cool (fan + aircon), clean and large. Breakfast serves good local pastry, fruit juice, ham and cheese and fruits. Helpful English speaking reception with good local knowledge of latest festivals in salvador. However just to take note that at night, only portugese speaking attendant is available. Hotel gate is always locked for security reason and is located just off the main square, well lit at night with mobile police station about 30 metres from the hotel during our stay.

In room wifi is patchy except for reception area. Most of the time, we were only able to connect to one device at a time and is slow.

Date of stay: September 2014
Trip type: Travelled as a couple
1  Thank mic_sookmun
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Reviewed 4 October 2014

We came to a weekend in salvador. The first impression was good. Nice decor with large and comfortable room. But there was a lot of problems: the noise from the street never stopped, from early morning to late at night. There was not hot water in the shower, when we asked the owner if there is something to be done, she told us that the around there are used to that, we'll, we are not from around there...
The stairs were very difficult, and even dangerous, especially with the suitcases.the breakfast was less then good, with very poor variety.

Date of stay: September 2014
Trip type: Travelled as a couple
1  Thank YossiZinger
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