This was a beautiful room in a very safe neighborhood. There are multiple cafés on the same street. There is a bus stop basically in front of the apartment, and hailing a cab was also very easy. The Rato metro stop is about a 15 min walk from the apartment. Fran was great! Communication with him was easy in English and Spanish (I don't know Portuguese), he was not intruding, and left some good suggestions for my 3 day stay. He even let me check in a couple hours early! I highly recommend staying here.