It was a pleasure staying at Alexandre's lovely studio-apartment. The location is central if you want to be close to LAPA, Santa Teresa or downtown. I was working at the National Archive so it was a treat to just walk there everyday (10-15 minutes). The building is secure and the staff friendly. Alexandre is also a nice and helpful host. He gave me some great information on how to get around in Rio since I had not been there in a while and a lot of things had changed.