Solon was an ideal host, and went above and beyond what you might expect from someone renting you a room. Not only did he arrange a great driver for us for our stay (who was waiting for us at the airport), he also personally helped us settle in by taking me to do errands on the day of our arrival (grocery store, changing money, etc.). Before our trip, he helped to arrange many things for us, including transportation to the Carnival parade by a nice bus from our neighborhood (Solon drove us to the bus stop and made sure everything went smoothly).

Our week in Rio would have been much harder to do without Solon's help - my mother uses a wheelchair so we needed a lot of help to get around and figure things out. He even gave us a spare phone to use locally to call him and our driver anytime we needed something. Mom and I both really enjoyed meeting Solon. He has a cheery personality and is truly kind and helpful. We could not have been treated better if we were family members...truly made our stay in Rio as easy as possible, and allowed us to have a memorable and relaxing week.

Thanks so much Solon (and Alcy) for all of your wonderful help! The apartment was also fantastic...just as pictured, clean, sunny, spacious, and well-located for the beach and neighborhood stores (grocery shop, snack places and restaurants, drug store). A really great place to stay, and we enjoyed it immensely.