Stayed at Carolina's place for 4 nights an had an amazing time in Rio. The apartment is in a safe and easily accessible area of Copacabana. Really close to the beach and bus stops to get around town. The apartment itself is a nice clean basic apartment. Good as a base to go out and explore Rio. It is quite noisy as the top of the window doesn't close which means that any noise from the street comes in so if you are a light sleeper then bring your ear plugs. Also is quite hard to cook for yourself their as the kitchen is very small and basic. These things were not a problem for us though. Carolina was really easy to get hold of when we needed to and had some great recommendations for us. We didn't get a chance to meet which is a shame but she was so helpful and nice and managed to sort out a way that we could access the apartment when she was not around to meet us.