Review of Brothel style at Pensao Central

We stayed at a fabulously dodgy hotel, Pensão Central, off 24 de Julho near Praça da Independencia. Our hotel had tatty appeal with pistachio walls, art deco cupboards and polished parquet floors. It soon transpired at only R60 per night, we had unwittingly booked ourselves into a house of ill repute! But it’s conveniently close to the Cathedral which marks the centre of the city. It’s a white wedding cake of a Cathedral that chimes on the hour on the corner of streets Karl Marx and Vladimir Lenin.