Our experience with Patricia and Paulo was great! Paulo was waiting for us when we arrived and showed us what we needed to know about the apartment. The apartment was a great size for a vacation for two and had everything we needed. P&P had many travel books (and some novels) and an extensive list of restaurants and things to do while in Rio in the apartment. They even had a hairdryer, soap, beach towels, umbrellas and plug adapters for us. The hot water in the shower took a few tries to figure out how to have enough hot water for the entire shower, but it was user error. The trick was to have the hot water be at 12 and the cold at 5, then you had a great hot shower the entire time. There was a doorman at the front 24 hours to let us in with no problems. The area has tons of restaurants to eat at and was very safe at all hours. The apartment is half a block from Copacabana beach and a 10 minute walk from Ipanema beach which was great. It is also off a main street that was filled with grocery stores, restaurants, drug stores, clothing places, everything you could need. Buses run down the street to all major tourist attractions and the metro is a short walk away. Patricia and Paulo checked in with us during our stay to make sure that everything was as planned and that we didn't need anything. They responded back to emails very quickly as well. We wanted to make a reservation to a nice restaurant and they even tried to make us a reservation. When they discovered the restaurant went out of business they recommended another restaurant and made the reservations for us. The restaurant was amazing and we never would have found it without them. They also were able to arrange us a taxi to the airport which was waiting for us when we left. I would highly recommend staying with P&P and especially at this apartment.