Aju Hostel E Pousada

It is possible a decent hostel, pousada, however should be taken out of the name.

Do not book the double room. False advertising. First of all, normally I do not write a negative review but in this case our stay way so uncomfortable that we decided to check out early and go to a different hotel. The pictures on booking are misleading: the rooms do not look like this, maybe some rooms have been renovated but we were not put in such a room: beware that the pictures you see are NOT an accurate depiction of all the rooms. Moreover, there is nothing in the room in terms of hooks, shelves or even a simple coat hanger; you can only place your things on the ground or on the bed. Before our arrival they had left the windows open so the room was full of bugs. The breakfast was full of flies. This all would have been ok, the facilities were functional at least, however the final drop was that they took out our drying clothes from the room and placed it in the rain after which it became wet and smelly. Moreover one of the staff was extremely hostile towards us without us having any clue why, we have been in Brazil for a month and not encountered anything like it yet. She was gossiping about us in Portuguese (thinking that we would not understand as foreigners) and giving us dirty looks right in front of us. The staff did not apologize for putting our laundry in the rain or offer any solution. Again: as a hostel this is a functional and possibly even good place, however it should not advertise itself as a pousada because it does not offer the hospitality associated with that term. DO NOT BOOK THE DOUBLE ROOM!