The apartment was in a perfect location. It was about 3 minutes walk from the beach and 5 minutes to the metro, as well as a number of supermarkets and cafés within a few hundred metres.
The apartment was clean, airconned and super safe, and we lived comfortably with 4 of us in it.

Pedro is a great host. We got locked out on the first night and had to pay a lock smith to get us in and he paid us back straight away. Both him and the man that checked us in were helpful and even provided us with an email listing of all the carnival blocos!