The apartment was very quiet and the mattress was very comfortable. We slept in a lot with no disturbances. Its the perfect place for a short term stay and very affordable. There are plenty of restaurants, grocery stores, pharmacies, laundromats close by. The beach is two blocks away. One of the reasons we did not stay and moved to another place was due to the small kitchen. We are here for six months and needed a bigger kitchen to cook. We both love to cook and the kitchen was too small to cook large meals. The other reason was that smoke came in from the other apartments through the bathroom and kitchen windows. This is not Carolina's fault you can't control what others do in their apartments. Both of us have breathing issues CPAP and oxygen and are very sensitive to smells so this didn't work for us. Carolina was a very gracious host, upon arrival she gave us a lot of information on what to see in Rio and was easy to contact. Upon our departure she called us a large taxi to accommodate all of our luggage and waited with us until it arrived. We felt very bad about leaving and we told her she could keep the remainder of the rent but she was not greedy and contacted Airbnb to explain the cancellation and change policies so we stayed 5 weeks and everyone was happy. We will recommend this apartment for a short term stay.