Maria is a very reactive host. Great appartment located 10-15mn by walk away from Botafogo (plenty of nice restaurants, bars, markets and métro station), 10 minutes from Ucra and 30mn from Copacabana. Neighborhood is quiet and safe. The only problem is there was no air conditionning in two (out of 3) rooms. Besides this everything was perfect and we definitely recommand Maria's place !