Laura's place was a wonderful base to explore Rio! Steps from the metro and beach, gym friendly to tourist right next door, grocery store around the corner, subway stop 5 minutes away etc. You're also very centrally located for seeing sites too. Felt very safe minus one incident right as Carnaval was starting but after that police patrols were out and about. The apartment is a beautiful interior facing unit, has AC in the bedroom, all the amenities, very quite and secure (it could use a few small repairs but overall everything was functional!). Laura is amazing and gave lots of tips and helped right away with all my questions and troubleshooting needs. My only complainant is one or two of the front staff can be quite rude but everyone else was very kind and helpful!