Great Location and very good apt
Bortoiini's apartment is one block away from Ipanema beach and one block away from the a commercial strip, making it extremely convenient. The apt is clean and comfortable. We had a great time touring Rio using this apt as the base.
A few of (minor) items prevented us from giving this apt a 5 star. There is no shampoo or body wash, which it'd seem to be rather essential for any travelers, esp from foreign country. There are no napkins or paper towels, so cleaning after anything is virtually impossible. We usually like to stay in for the breakfast, but the pots and pans are worn out and old. Not very inviting. The electric kettle is outdated and requires two converters to plug into the outlet (if one can figure that out).
Again, these are in grand schema, minor inconveniences. The apt is great and we have no problem recommending to future travelers.