I'm Brazilian, my husband and 4 years old toddler are American. We enjoyed our time overthere, staff always helpful and pleasant to deal with. The location is 3 blocks away from the beach, one block away from the subway. There's a túnel in the same street of the hotel, but I don't advise you to go across the túnel walking, because in the past when I lived in Copacabana, I've heard many histories of people being mugged in that túnel. As far as violence, we did not experience or saw any criminal experience during carnaval 2017; we felt safe most of times and that is a plus. The hotel location is close to shops, boutiques e grocery stores which is convenient. The only bad experiences I had in the hotel was the tv that didn't work in our bedroom. In addition there was a couple having sex in the 502, we could hear all the action and screams. I actually went to the front desk to complain because I was unable to explain my son when he asked me what was going on. And the towels felt rough on the skin, and the water in the shower was luckwarm never hot. Overall it's a nice hotel, but the walls are thin tho keep in mind you can't make much noises but quite frankly you shouldn't make certain noises anyways. Do you know what I mean?