Lucilene is a fantastic person. She really went out of her way to make me comfortable. She is a good host and very accommodating. 3 things to be aware of (only if these are important to you). 1) there is no private entrance to the apartment (it’s actually a loft on top of her apartment). 2) If you have issues with cigarette smoke - this may not be ideal for you, though Lucilene is very sensitive to your needs and will make efforts to mitigate cigarette odor (just something to be aware of). 3) The location is great, but the apartment itself it relatively small and not what I would consider luxurious (its basic). The balcony/terrace is certainly nice. I think Rio itself doesn’t really offer ‘luxury’ accommodation, I checked out a few hotels and most places had pretty dingy rooms so by those standards, this is nice place. There no ‘kitchen’ either, but it does have a fridge and glassware etc, Luciline had a couple of beers in the fridge and a bottle of water. There isn’t a coffee maker, but there’s a nice cafe downstairs just across the street. Again she was great - let me check in early and check out late as my flight arrived early and left late. I’m trying to be as objective as possible with the review.