We had a very good start of our holiday in Brazil in the apartment of Marcello. The apartment is spacious, complete and well located. Santa Teresa, Lapa and the Gloria Subway station are easily reachable by foot. We felt really safe up there. Marcelo is a really really good host. He explained a lot about Rio, the history and even took us out to his favorite viewpoint of the city. We could use his private terrace with pool and a very nice view of the city. We stayed longer because we liked the place, Marcelo and Rio a lot.