TTrek17439042464On the website that rhymes with Pagoda, I booked the Melia21 hotel, but in this large 5-towerd block, I wound up in this serviced apartment building, which is not okay, but prepaid and tired, that is what it was. The building is next to the TV tower, which is a nice attraction and has a great market nearby; this is an advantage. The infrastructure is okay; there are two malls with all essentials nearby. But this is a low-service place, no SIM cards, no ATM, no outlets for non-Brazilian electricity anywhere. The lobby is a very small, low-ceilinged room. The place is a bit tricky to find for Ubers, which are crucial here. Reception is friendly though. The suites have two rooms, which is nice, and I had a great view of the TV tower. But this is clearly a three to four star property, nothing five-star about it. And all is a bit tired and faded, but that is true about the entire city. Functional at best! The bathroom was very three-stars, with often towels not replaced and not even toothbrushes etc. Aircon was working but with glitches and needed some workaround to be silent. The pool, as one can see, is a dipping pool only - swimming is impossible. Breakfast was at best okay - one day, there even was no coffee, of which there is only one kind, in a kind of urn. No vegs at all, just fruit, cold cuts, bakeries (often dry) and industrial egg, bacon, fried bananas (good) and some warm bakery. Not a gourmet experience but edible, three star at best. Altogether, functional, spacy, clean, faded, simple, a bit rough - and no pool. That is to be considered when one books the place in a city such as Brazil.
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