Nice 2-bedroom apartment three blocks from Ipanema beach on relatively quiet street with 24/7 security/conciergie. A little pricey relatively to what you can get but could definitively stay there again -- worked well and had no issues. Well decorated as well -- feels like a "home". Can feel a little bit confined as there are no windows to street -- but I think this depends on personality (sometimes its great cause no noise but other people want more buzz from street etc. No hot water last couple of days for some reason (but maybe this was an easy fix -- I didn't bother complain as it was end of stay).