Marcelo's place was our home in Rio for two weeks and it was a great apartment for our needs: perfectly located two blocks from the beach with a fully equipped kitchen, a great bed and bedroom with air conditioning and a very nice bathroom and shower with strong water pressure. We really appreciated having access to laundry in the apartment while we were in Rio and made full use of the kitchen. Marcelo was even kind enough to stock the refrigerator for us with a few essentials and left us everything we needed to make some delicious caipirinhas at the apartment! Leme is a wonderful neighborhood that is close enough to Copacabana to enjoy all of the restaurants and bars but far enough away that noise was never an issue. We definitely felt at home during our stay at Marcelo's apartment and would recommend it to anybody that's looking to relax and enjoy Rio from a central location.