Andrea's flat is lovely, charming, pleasant, spacious because of high ceilings and with trees facing it. It is also well decorated, so you'd like to stay all the day long.
It has air conditioning, and many storage compartments. The kitchen is also very convenient with all the all necessary utensils and tools you need to cook. This apartment has no defect..
Her mother (who is also very kind) and her are very reactive when something might be needed: they immediately replaced two broken items with new ones.
The neighborhood has a lot of trees, there are restaurants with good live Brazilian music, and for film lovers there are two cinemas Estação Net (near the metro station) with good independent films, and there are also very good bookstores. There is a cheap supermarket very close, and three other supermarkets less than 10 minutes away. There are two shopping malls near: the Shoping Rio Sul and the Botafogo Praia Shopping.
The beach itself is a little further away, about 15 minutes walk, although it is easy to take a bus to get there and to the other beaches like Ipanema.
We really enjoyed our stay there! Recommended to dive into Brazilian life.