We lived in this apartment for a month, including Carnaval, and had a fantastic time in Santa Teresa! The apartment is in a great location, just a short walk away from the main street full of bars and restaurants and a few minutes walk from the amazing Escadaria Selarón (the world famous staircase leading down to Lapa).

There was a lot of action here during Carnaval and the place was not far from the Sambadrome (about a 30 minute walk), the balls, and the street parties.

Frederico and Marcela are very sweet and made us feel like they cared about our needs and wanted to ensure we were having a good time. They were not in town when we arrived, but their friend, Bruno, was very nice and helpful during the first week of our stay, met us the moment we arrived and was very responsive to our initial needs.

The apartment seemed newly renovated and clean, and the kitchen was well-equipped. The bed was very comfortable and the air conditioning worked well.

The view of Sugar Loaf Mountain is just incredible and added huge value to the place.

There is a small but well-stocked grocery-store/cafe across the street with very friendly workers, but you have to walk down a long hill to get to the main grocery store in Gloria (about 10 minutes), so it gave us a good chance to get some exercise.

The only downsides we experienced were noise from construction in the building, which was temporary, and a problem with bugs coming through the window cracks, which the owners fixed after we told them about it. Overall, I would highly recommend this place and would definitely stay here again.