Valeria was amazing since the first contact by email, a very helpful and available person. The apartment is perfectly clean and exactly as we see in the photos. We arrived before the check-in time and a storage place was available for our luggages. The doormen were also very gentle and always helped us to go somewhere we needed. We were a group of five people and we had a comfortable stay. Valeria gave us a mattress for one person who slept on the living room. The neighbourhood is a perfect place to stay (and a safe one!) and I'm sure it's one of the best at Rio (it was my third time there). It's really close to Ipanema and Copacabana and we can go everywhere on taxi, even the airport (it's a good deal, if you go to Ipanema at night you will pay R$10 max to go back to the apartment). The view is wonderful and there's a lot of activities you can do by the lake (even jogging in the morning). I recommend to go have a brunch on Café do Forte in Forte de Copacabana, there's a nice view and it's near the apartment by walking through Ipanema passing the Arpoador. I hope to stay in her apartment again (I wish I could have stayed longer there). Thank you so much!