Silvia and Daniel were great Hosts!. They answered all of our questions upon arrival and gave us excellent tips on Rio. The apartment has an amazing location two blocks from Ipanema beach and a few blocks from Copacabana beach! Within walking distance you have supermarkets, juice bars, transportation and restaurants. Just across the street is a local favorite restaurant "casa de la fejioida". The internet worked well to communicate via Skype back home. I would really recommend this apartment, its perfect to discover Rio