We are really pleased we chose to stay with Marcela for the second part of our Honeymoon. We stayed with her for 6 days and thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. Marcela made us very welcome, with many helpful suggestions of things to do and see and useful tips for avoiding the pitfalls of some parts of Rio which might otherwise trip up the unwary tourist. The accommodation itself was absolutely beautiful, very comfortable including air conditioning in the bedroom!) and totally self -contained with everything we could want. The apartment itself was set in beautiful gardens (Marcela is an avid collector of Orchids)..as such, there was plenty of wildlife & birdlife attracted to the garden which included seeing a toucan and the ‘piece de resistance’ of course was the lovely swimming pool which we made full use of. We would have no hesitation in returning to stay again, or in recommending it to others. Thank you Marcela, we will be back! . Elaine and Mac xx