The location can’t be beat - it’s surrounded by bars, restaurants, supermarkets, and is only a block or two from Copacabana beach. We felt safe the whole time we were there. The apartment itself was very clean and minimal, had a/c in the two bedrooms, and a very comfortable double (or queen) sized bed that I was so grateful for. One thing we didn’t expect from the pictures posted was that the kitchen and walkway to the bedrooms are not enclosed from the outside so a couple nights that it rained made it very wet when walking from room to room. Also there was no dining table, nespresso machine (there is a regular drip coffee machine), microwave and other small furniture like side tables as shown in the pictures. Overall, it was a spacious, comfortable apartment and Gilles was a fantastic host. The doormen and neighbors were also very friendly.