The apartment is beautiful, well located, clean and secure. It is decorated with lots of colorful handmade Brazilian things. The location is great, especially for the price, close to a metro station and bus stops, and 3 blocks from Copacabana beach. The area is pretty safe, and the apartment has 24 hour security. It has a big window to the street and looking out to the right you can see the Cristo Redentor. We were welcomed with a plate full of fruits and many things in the fridge. Catherine always answered our emails and Lelita, the person in charge, and the security brothers were very nice and helpful. The apartment had everything we needed. Close by a nice shopping gallery and 3 blocks away a well stocked supermarket. We appreciated all the written information that Catherine and Alan left to guide us in our visit, specially the one about restaurants. I guess the best recommendation would be the one given by a colleague, that we are very pleased to share. As the owners of similar vacation resort offerings in Chile, this was our first experience with Airbnb and we were so pleased with the experience that we anticipate incorporating our own vacation resort offerings to make same available thru the same service of Airbnb.