We had a teally great 3 night stay at Giselas apartment. She was so helpful snd tipped us off about many great things to do. The apartnent has character in keeping with Lapa itself and it is such fun to have a night out on Mem de Sa where the samba music, caipirinhas and dancing are just relentless - and we were only there from Monday to Wednesday. I can only imagine what the weekend is like. By the way we missed our first night becaise our flight got cancelled bit Gisela added on an extra night at the end for a special price.