Felippe and his family are very friendly hosts. He helped us a lot in every case like giving tips how to explore Rio and its surrounding area, which places are worth to go, how to enjoy carneval, what to do in Brazil etc... He also is an uber driver, which was sometimes helpful to rescue us when we got lost or to pick us up from the airport ;) His place is clean, calm, comfortable, and charming! Although it is not close to the beach, it's very easy to move around. The metrostation is only 5-10 minutes walk away. Necessary things like restaurants, cafes, banks, supermarkets are in walking distance. Overall we really can recommend to stay at Felippes place! We enjoyed it a lot!