What a great stay! My wife and are traveling full-time (@quenchyouradventure if you want to follow along on), and our week in Rio was the pinnacle of our 3+ weeks in Brazil.
Marcio & Claudio are excellent hosts! We felt welcomed immediately and the handmade drinks were a generous touch. They’ve provided a guidebook with plenty of helpful information that we used to enjoy our time and they were very communicative during our stay.
The location is awesome with cool views from the balconies overlooking the busy street in Urca, up at Babilonia (one of the amazing rock formations), and even a peek over at Morro da Urca, part of Pão de Açúcar AKA Sugarloaf. We walked to so many places, the Pista Cláudio Coutinho (beautiful walking/running trail), Trilho do Morro da Urca (hiking trail up to the top of the first cable car station, Praia Vermilha AKA Red Frog Beach, the sunset wall, various cafes, the bus stop, and even 2 different places - Babilonia & the west face of Sugarloaf - to go rock climbing with my new friend Mingo with “Climb In Rio.” Amazing.
The bed is very comfortable, we cut fruit in the small kitchen from the fruit vendor on the street out front, ate Esfihas from the Arabe Cafe below us, and got our work done at the table & 2 desk spaces. We lounged in the hammocks, and enjoyed looking through some books and various things in the apartment.
We would absolutely stay again and we’re sad to leave!