Stayed with Beatriz for New Years 2020. As a host the family were incredible, generous with their time and information. They left us flowers for the traditional offering to the sea made on New Years and other small touches like that. In terms of location we were very pleased we stayed in Botafogo, it allowed us to get all over the city with ease and not just stay in Copacabana or at the beaches, it also allowed us to get much more of a sense of Rio. Safety might be a concern for some travellers, but we were never worried anywhere in Rio or to be honest Brazil in general despite having Phones and cameras out. Beatriz’s place is down the street from a police station anyway. Lots of nice neighbourhood and international restaurants in walking distance. The house itself was lovely and cool, the marmosets came by to visit twice and eat our offered bananas which was an experience. They were the best hosts we had in Brazil and probably have had on Airbnb.