I stayed with my parents (my 58 years old dad and my 57 years old mom) for 2 days and 3 nights at Alan's apartment and it was amazing. His apartment is very cozy, clean and pretty well located, as you can find just a few meters from it a lot of groceries stores, a mall with very good restaurants, a ticket sales point for the Cristo Redentor (located at Praça do Lido) and the Copacabana beach. As a host, Alan was very kind, attentive and responsive, as he answered our questions in a matter of seconds and gave us precise indications and suggestions to enjoy Rio de Janeiro's main attractions (besides the Cristo Redentor monument, we went to Pão de Açúcar and to the Maracanã stadium as well). If you want to go to Rio de Janiero, wheter alone or with your family, I highly recommend you to stay at Alan's apartment as you won't have any kind of problem and you'll ceirtainly get the most of Rio de Janeiro.