Vania has been an excellent host. She explained the tiny amount of rules well and did everything within her power to make the stay memorable. She met us at reception and were extremely friendly. Everything in the apartment was as per the photos with no nasty surprises. The apartment is very close to Ipanema beach and the views of basically everything in Rio were immaculate and the facilities were good. The only thing which was slightly inconvenient was the limited amount of English spoken by the staff which turned a 30sec conversation into a 5min mime act of back and forth hand gestures.