What a great apartment and a great host! I went to Rio to celebrate New years eve and needed an apartment for myself a three friends. Finding accommodation for New Year is difficult but luckily we came across Douglas on Airbnb. When we arrived to the apartment we immediately noticed it was in a quiet and safe road which was nice and just a couple of minutes walk from Rio's largest shopping mall. It took about 20 minutes to walk to Copacabana beach too. The apartment was a perfect size for the 4 of us with two nice bedrooms that had A/C. Douglas has really thought of all the essential items you need for your stay and he took the time to show us around the apartment and the facilities included. Douglas was also very responsive to any questions I had during the stay and accommodated our arrival/departure times. We liked the stay so much that we wanted to spend an extra night at a later date however the apartment wasn't available unfortunately. I highly recommend this apartment in Rio and Douglas as a host.