Great location, one block from the beach. If you don’t plan on hanging out at the apartment a lot this is the location for you. I would not suggest walking around at night in this area since there are a lot of homeless people around , some sleeping right next to the entrance to the building. This seems to be the norm in Rio due to the economic instability in this country right now. There are plenty of expensive hotels within a couple of blocks and there are street people hanging around there also. Overall great host and great location, this would be best for groups. The place was too big for me since I was by myself.