Marcelo is more than just your ordinary host. As a carioca he surely knows all the best spots in the town and DOES NOT TO HESITATE to take you there in an instant with his car. Marcelo is very proud to be from Rio and he clearly loves the city. As do I now!

The apartment for guests itself was super nice. Clean, spacious enough to accommondate the whole 6-piece family of yours. The pool is absolute delight. One thing I missed though was that it is entered solely via an elevator. So if your afraid of elevators (it happens), this is unfortunately not your place.

One other thing is that I failed to see any meantion of was that there's a favela around the corner. It's pacificated and no matter what do you think about the this new policy it's super calm around there and absolutely no stress about the community, not even during nighttime if returning from nightly activities. Plus they are nice people! And have the most amazing tapiocas sold there!

Marcelo had currently a renovation in the main house and I couldn't help myself constantly thinking how on earth he has all that energy to work, host all the guest and live in a constantly changing house.

Overall the experience was grand and Marcelo's place is 100% recommendend to everyone who visits Rio.