My boyfriend and I stayed with Diciola for five nights during Carnaval. The location of the apartment was great, in the middle of Copacabana and easy to walk or catch public transportation to all of the tourist areas. Diciola is extremely sweet and willing to help in anyway she can and made us feel very welcome. We were allowed to use all of the homes amenities and we even had our own bathroom connected to the bedroom. The air conditioning and WiFi also worked flawlessly which is a must for us. We speak no Portuguese and Diciola speaks a little English (way more than our understanding of Portuguese) so communication at times was difficult but we managed with a translation app we used back and forth. Overall we felt safe in the area and recommend staying with Diciola.