Host
Monica is probably the best host I've dealt with up to this point with Airbnb. Monica was very flexible with our early arrival and gave us accurate directions on how to get to the apartment's location. Monica introduced us to the apartment and all of its amenities. The best part; Monica took her time to explain all of Rio's amazing activities. She is well organized and showed us plenty of tourist maps, books and suggestion booklet on arrival.

Location
Location is as A+ as the host. The apartment's location is right in the middle of everything. Copacabana, Ipanema and Leblon are steps away (not to mention Arpoador). The metro station is downstairs which can take you from Lapa all the way to Barra da Tijuca.

Apartment
This is my 6th trip to Rio. Rio apartments for the most part are small. Monica's apartment is a good size and has everything you need (6 days for me and my gf). It was clean and well organized when we arrived.