Mariana was an incredibly genuine, kind and helpful host. She waited late into the night to greet us. When we messaged her to ask about local laundry services she offered to pick up and hand wash/dry out laundry herself! Once she found out our checking at our next location was much later than our checkout time with her, she changed the cleaning service times and allowed us to stay much later into the day... With lots of luggage, this was MASSIVELY helpful! Mariana's person touches really made this special. Oh, and the place is both huge (for Rio) and beautiful and literally steps from a nice quiet corner of the beach.