Renata is a great host. She gave us a warm welcome and even called the taxi for our ride to the airport. The apartment is great. It has a wonderful view on Copacabana beach (12th floor!) and is very well located. Ipanema and Lagoa are in walking distance. The Metro station (Contagalo) is at the end of the road. So the apartment is great for a morning swim at Copa, enjoying the awesome sunset at Ipanema and in between you can get to know the wonderful city. The apartment is safe (there is a 24/7 guard in the entrance who is letting you in and out) and quiet. To sum up, we enjoyed Rio even more after changing to this nice apartment.