Marcos was an exceptional host. Not only the house was exactly as descripted (beautiful view, huge terrace, shower outside among the grapes, in the middle of nature, big kitchen, large rooms, washing machine outside, very clean) but Marcos was just incredibly nice and welcoming. He responded very quickly and with a big smile to all (many many...) of our requests and provided us with great pieces of advice.
He left us a huge basquet of fruits, water, juices for our arrival. Very appreciated when you fly 14hours...
One of the comment before said it was far from the center: I don't agree. We can appreciate the quietness of nature and have the bus stop literally 50m from the house, and taxis all the time: so less than 10min to Ipanema beaches without the craziness of it at night (especially during the carnaval) and 15 to Copacabana. And literally 20min walking to Leblon beach (the one just before Ipanema) Really we had the best time at Marco's and above all, he speaks fluent English (not many people does..) We definitly recommend Marco 's house to every guest in the world. We'll be back!! Thank you Marcos.