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First of all let me say that this place should not be classified as a Hotel, but more like a Bed and Breakfast. The location of the property is good, near the centre of Arraial D'ajuda, and a 20 minute walk to the beach down a steepish road. The room i had has included a double bed, private shower and toilet, small refrigerator, ceiling fan, air conditioner and safe. The room also had many issues with bugs including many mosquitos, ants, spiders (non venomous ones) and also a lizard which would run around the room at will. I dont usually mind insects except mosquitos which i chased around the room on occasion and also was bitten many times. I hope i dont get Zika... The reason for the many bugs were two. One, the cleaners are not thorough at cleaning the room and only do a quick once over. The owners a mother and son team, who are nice, live on the compound, unfortunately they do not check the quality of the rooms including the cleanliness. Also two light globes were not working in the room, goes to show a general lack of attention to detail overall. The second reason for the insects, is that the room does not have glass pane windows, and has many gaps and entry points for insects to enter the room, including a big gap under the door, big ventilation gap in the bathroom and the lack of sealable windows. Apart from that, the wifi does not work in the room and is only available in the lobby area and sometimes works at a slow rate and sometimes doesn't work at all. Breakfast was very basic and included in the price. Also the staff did not change the towels often and the only toiletries they had was one bar of soap which they did not replace once used up. They did luckily replace the toilet paper. Hence, why i dont think this place should be classified as a hotel. Also on occasion once the staff would clean the room, they would leave the key on the door. Not that anything got stolen, but i think it leaves the door open for this to happen. On another note, to get to Arraial D'ajuda, you can take a taxi to the ferry "Balsa", taxi costs around 30-40 reais, take the ferry across, costs under 5 reais, and then take the local bus, costs under 5reais or a taxi, around 40reais to the centre of Arraial D'ajuda. If you are looking for a comfortable place to stay, i would look at other places or alternative accommodation. There are Pousadas, literally everywhere you look in Arraial D'ajuda, possibly some nice hotels too. ||I hope this review is helpful :)