One of the best offers on the Rio aria !!!! It is a favela , but !!! It is super save , I spend 1 month and at least 2 times per day walking around with my phone in my hand with absolutely no problem , all the people smiling and say "good day " , I wish all the places would be the same save in Brazil. In the house you have the option to be on the rooftop with an amazing view of the le Blond beach and part of Rio ( I had every morning breakfast there ) I think the Vidigal favela is the best place to stay in Rio ( well maybe the le blonde is better but you need to pay like 10 times more there and you can walk there from the place in 40 minutes only )
Now about the host , it is something special , for almost 3 years of my traveling with the Airnbnb - Andrea is ... (I don't want to belittle other hosts) for sure one of the very best experiences. OMG, it so coincided that at this time I had an extremely large number of tasks I need to do and requests, and every time I asked Andrea for help or information and every single time he was ready to help ( please don't overuse him with the information or help request like me lol )
He speaks Portuguese , English, Spanish, and Italy (at least this I know for sure ) so you will find the way for communicate for sure .
Oh and he has a nice dog named Chicho :)
The only downside is the fact that I want to stay for another month but all was booked, so I hope Andrea will finish building another apartment and I can be the first who will book it :)