We had a great time in Maria's appartment...the room is as shown in the photos.. Maria is really friendly even if she cannot speak English...the position is fantastic directly in the very well connected main square of Ipanema full of bar and restaurant, for this reason it can be noise during the night...maybe the only negative point was the not strong enough air conditioner...Miriam the daughter of Maria is also really friendly responding to each of our requests and she helped us to solve a problem that we had with our baggage...we certainly recommend Maria's appartment and we will come back for our next stay in Rio! :)