Just a few weeks ago, 2 friends and I rented Pedro's apartment in Copacabana and we had a great time. It was true to the photographs that he had posted. There was plenty of space, it was in a quiet building / neighborhood, the living/dinning room was open and light, and the space on the porch was excellent.

Some of the highlights include:
- Secure building with gated access
- Plenty of bathroom and storage space
- Air conditioning in bedrooms
- TV access to English channels
- Location is about 3 blocks from Post 4 at the Copacabana beach
- Just around the corner from Zona Sol - the main supermarket chain
- 2 blocks to the Metro / Bus (both which are easy to use and safe)
- Just off of the main street - Ave N.Senora - where there are several bars / shops / banks
- The WiFi was great - never had any issues.

Some of the drawback to the apartment:
- There are 2 very small elevators to this building which often breakdown.
- There were very limited / no supplies such as toilet paper, dish soap, cleaning products, paper towels, garbage bags, limited dishware (no bowls) - we had to go out and buy whatever we needed.
- There were limited linens - ie. bath towels - we each had only 1 towel for the week.
- The floors were extremely unclean - that were not mopped or swept before our arrival.
- The hot tub was unclean and had collected rainwater - we did not use this.
- The kitchen sink has no hot water.
- There was a serious ant issue in the kitchen whenever we had garbage or food - so we had to be meticulous about keeping the area clean.
- There was a loose wall panel in the larger room which fell when the curtains were opened.
- There was no instruction manual providing information on the apartment / building / or area - this would be very helpful to future guests.

Despite these few setbacks, we did enjoy our stay in Pedro's apartment.