We arrived from freezing cold Finland to Rios heat for a ten days holiday. Not only the weather in Rio was warm but as warm was the welcoming from our host Ion. He and his wife Sheila are the most warm and caring hosts what you can ever hope for. As welcoming we had the best Caipirinhas ever and Ion took us for a nice tour with his car to Santa Teresas neighborhood.
The apartment is just awesome. The pictures in Airbnb's pages don't really make justice for it even though the pictures are good. There is just so much more to see that we can honestly say that the apartment and the garden are far more what you can imagine by watching the pictures.
The apartment was super clean and you can find all the necessities what you need for your stay. The garden surrounding the apartment is also very inspiring with huge trees and countless plants and also the cute swimming pool which we used a lot. It is possible to have your breakfast outside in the garden and have a perfect view to the famous Christ statue on the Corcovado mountain.
There is not a supermarket close by but you can catch a taxi very easily just around the corner and the taxis are so cheap that we didn't even bothered to check how to use the buses.
We were so impressed of everything that we think this apartment is absolutely the best location to spend your holiday in Rio de Janeiro. Thank you for all, our perfect hosts Ion and Sheila!!