I stayed in the Pousada for 7 nights. I was due to stay 14 nights but I left early as I found the area to be very noisy. Some noise was great. Such as hearing samba drumming groups rehearse in the heart of Pelhourino. But my room overlooked a busy road with bars playing loud music, cars revving up the steep hill at all hours and people having loud conversations in the street at 3.00am. I did however have wifi as the room was above the reception. From what I saw the rooms in the more modern bit didn't have wifi. But there were two laptops in the reception available to all. Also on the subject of technology, the room had a basic tv with ariel but as expected all local channels.
On a positive the staff were very friendly and were open about the dangers of the area, issuing a map showing where and where not to go. Inside the Pousada itself felt very safe and the short walk to the main tourist area (down the road and up an alleyway) usually had police watching it. One photo shows the road down. There was also a small grocery shop at the square at the top of the road the Pousada was on and I went there every other day (daylight hours) and felt fine. On one evening though, about 9.15pm I heard someone run into the Pousada shouting "police, police" but I don't know what had happened.
After a while I did crave some quiet though (and sleep!) and booked into the Cocoon Lounge Hotel, in a very quiet area. However I didn't get a refund for the 7 nights I did not stay at the Pousada. I had pre-paid via a third party as I had been attending a course and was told by Claudio that a refund was not available, which surprised me as most places allow you to cancel a booking with 24 hours notice. Certainly something to bear in mind if booking this pousada, as with the single supplement I'd also paid, I ended paying a hefty price for a room I wasn't using and certainly would not go there again for that reason (as well as the noise). Shame it ended that way.
