Mario's place more than met our expectations. It is exactly as described, and actually larger than what we expected. It is ideally located, within walking distance of Ipanema beach, but out of the craziness of Carnaval. The area is stunningly beautiful and we felt completely safe, even very late at night. The communication with Marcio was probably the best of any AirBnB we have stayed at. Not only would we highly recommend it, we definitely intend to return to it some day.