This was my fourth visit to Rio. I have used Airbnb for all my visits. This was easily the best apartment I have stayed in here. Rafael is a great host. His recommendations before I arrived were great. The apartment is very modern and clean, the bed is super comfortable. The bathroom is modern with a great walk in shower, very nice after a hard day in the praia. The apartment faces inwards into the gardens and is very quiet.
There is a hammock in the living room,which, combined with a cold beer and the sound of birds in the mango tree outside will take you straight to Bahia.
Rafael's place is 1 minute walk to the Ipanema beach. It is situated just back from Aporador, so Ipanema & Copacabana are easily within a few minutes walk. A perfect spot. The metro is very close and so are supermarkets, bars and many places to eat.
I cant recommend Rafael's place enough, you can probably tell !
If you are coming to Rio Zona Sul, come here !