Great location if you want to reach copacabana and ipenema quickly. Restaurants and bars are either right downstairs or a block away. Apartment is 1 block and half from Copa beach. Food amazing and I used google translate for times I could not communicate in stores. Pharmacy and hardware stores (for international plugs) are close by as well. I had everything I needed around me. Rodrigo is VERY attentive to your needs as well.