I had the honor of staying at Pierre's place in Copacabana for Carnival 2017 (PORTELA! - The Samba School That Won Carnival!) The Apartment is centrally located, you are a block from the beach (Pier 5 - as your landmark). If you turn left out of the apartment building and walk about two blocks you are at the General Osorio Metro door D. Remember to use the D entrance and exit, it makes it so easy to return to the apartment. The Metro is super easy to use and a nice way to connect with Rio. If you turn right when leaving the apartment building and walk to the corner (R. Sá Ferreira and Av. Nossa Sra. de Copacabana), across the street there is a nice little juice bar that serves Acai Ice Drinks and Sugar Cane Juice, plus other foods as well! A must try while in Rio. If you walk past the juice bar, about two stores down is the grocery store! This is less than a 5 minutes walk to the apartment building. I can not tell you how great it is to have access to grocery store so close to you. If you continue to walk another two to three stories down there is a short travel agent hallway. If you walk to the Cambio sign, I was able to get a exchange rate of 3.10% during Carnival! The best I found! Av. Nossa Sra. de Copacabana is a main strip one block from the beach. If you continue to walk to the corner after going Cambio. There is a Pizza place on the corner across street called Vezpa, good pizza and the closest taste to american pizza. If you continue to walk down Av. Nossa Sra. de Copacabana, two more blocks down there is a 24 hour cafe called Stalos. The food is good and a nice choice after a late night. If you cross the street and stay on R. Xavier da Silveira there is a seafood place on the left to die for! Great seafood pieja, seafood risotto, and the crab soup! WOW! I do not know the name of the place. But you will see 4 four restaurants in a row, it is the last one and the biggest one. You can see the beach from there too. You will also find Banks and ATMs on Av. Nossa Sra. de Copacabana as well. I use Citibank, this is a nice walk about 8 blocks but a nice workout. Plus just go to the beach after! The apartment is as advertised and more! You have plenty of space, 3 bedrooms, all have queen size beds!, 2 bathrooms - one with a jacuzzi (enough said - be gentle when using), the AC is ICE COLD! (Be careful with the AC you will catch a cold! lol - No need to keep on all day when you leave. The room gets cold quick.), There are ceiling fans in the kitchen and living room area. These...