Maria and Alfonso hosted me as their first guest and what a privilege! Their house is full of beautiful colours, philosophy books, music, LOVE and the most spectacular views of Pao de Açúcar from the hammock in the living room. They are musicians and what joy it was to listen to piano students playing bossa nova! Maria showed me around the neighbourhood on the first day helping me to find where my friends were staying and Alfonso once accompanied me outside to meet my friends late at night. They are a few minutes from the tram and bus stop and a ten minute walk from the heart of Santa Teresa. Practising Portuguese was a lot of fun but their English is certainly enough to communicate if you prefer that! Breakfast was wholesome (Maria makes superb coffee) and again in front of that spectacular view. They could not stop offering me food or drink which went above and beyond the call of a "bed and breakfast" and always took time to sit with me and chat about our lives whenever they had a free moment outside of work. I was very sad to leave them and wish them many more wonderful airbnb experiences! Com muito amor e mil obrigadas Cristina e Alfonso!