Mario’s place is always pleasant to stay. Although he was away the first few days of my visit, he had arranged everything for my arrival and there were no problems. When I was leaving Mario arranged to call a safe taxi for me for my trip to the airport. This is a much better option (both in price and convenience) than hailing a cab on the street. Traffic in Rio gets busier and busier and departing on Friday evening requires an early start for the airport. It took almost two hours on the trip rather than the 35-40 minutes normally.

There is a cleaner who comes twice per week and cleaned my room and replaced the linen which was nice. As usual Mario was great with information about things to do and also staying safe in Copacabana. He has a lot of experience and his advice is considered and sensible. Overall I thoroughly enjoyed my stay at Mario’s and recommend it to others without hesitation.