wonderful location, very quiet, great view of a rio mountain so beautiful, tiny kitchen with a hotplate and no stove, but it was enough for me. host very communicative and available for anything that might come up. very helpful with bringing fresh sheets and towels during my monthlong stay. i added a few decorations while i was there, of things i bought to bring back home, and it felt super. the full sized fridge was awesome to have. the airconditioning came in handy a few nights and a few days. i enjoyed the netflix on the tv a couple of times, and watching some interesting local channels. there was plenty of toilet paper and soap. the bed was incredibly comfortable. the elevators were both broken at the same time one night, and i had to get a hotel room because i have a bad back and i hurt it having to go down the stairs quickly in the poorly lit stairwell all 13 flights with an uber waiting for me. that was the only big hiccup, but since the rice for the airbnb was so good, i could justify spending a little extra and treating myself to a night in a beautiful hotel with an ocean view and a rooftop pool and bar the one night the elevators were out. the host said it has never happened before that both elevators were broken, but one was out several days before the second one went. and one of the building residents said it was common to have one or the other elevators out at a time, but she had never seen them both out at the same time before either. all in all it was a lovely stay. the beach is very close as is the supermarket and a couple pharmacies, and a bunch of superb restaurants like mondego and japao. mondego steaks fantastic, and japao with wonderful sushi all you can eat and caipisakes. best part of copacabana, and you can easily walk to the copacabana fort, the copacabana night market, pedra do arpoador and even ipanema was walking distance even for me with challenges walking sometimes. it wasnt far to the metro station, just about ten minute walk. i recommend walking to the siquieras campos station. ubers are incredibly inexpensive for westerners, and you can get around very easily with such a cetral location as copacabana. and the host is a very nice guy. and the doormen are great. the host, paulo, gladly helped me with my luggage coming in and leaving, which was essential since i couldnt get the luggage from the elevator on the 12th floor up the last flight of steps and back down without help because o fmy back. the elevator doesnt go to the top floor where the apartment is. i really loved the way the mountain looked at sunset, and loved saying goodmornign and goodnight to the mountain. i highly recommend for the solo traveler who doesnt mind cooking on a hot plate. i loved the shower with the view of the mountain, too. the shower was lovely. overall a great experience.