Easily the nicest apartment we stayed during our 5+ months in Rio, of which 6 weeks in this one. New, modern, spacious, clean, equipped with quality appliances including a frontloader washer (which cleans clothes far better than a top loader). Mosquito nets in every window. Two TVs with Netflix, no problems with wifi. The hosts are lovely, live nearby and are super responsive to any request. The building is in Rio’s suburbia, has good security, lots of personnel to take care of it, a nice pool landscape with lifeguards which is rarely crowded, a small but functional gym. The residents are like a community, lots of children playing around within the compound, men and women socializing over BBQ and playing footvolley. We couldn’t join in because of the language barrier, but it felt quite nice and safe. We loved staying here.
There were two things that we did not enjoy, but they cannot be influenced by the good hosts:
-The traffic is bad on weekdays at certain hours.
-A couple of floors down someone keeps a dog which barks from their balcony loud and often.