We stayed for 5 nights at Maria’s place. Maria was absent at that time but had Carlo (her son) take care of us and he was very kind and waited until 23:00 for a late check in. Also he was happy to let us check out at 17:00h which is 5 hours later than agreed. Now as for the appartment it is a real gem. Located in a central spot of Rio in between the city and the beaches it was easy to move to all the main neihborhoods. The rooms were clean, beds were comfy, equipment plenty and the balcony has a billion dollar view. Every morning we were late to go out because we couldn’t leave the balcony :) . It added a great value to one of the best trips we ever had. Highly recomended!