-As written, the listing location was excellent - the apartment lies between Ipanema and Copacabana with walking access to Rio's most famous beaches. The area is also very quiet, friendly and clean - great ambience! We went to the local bakery to get a cake for the birthday of someone in our group and they lent us the showcase cake stand and a lighter, trusting us to bring it back the next morning. It was really nice!
-The apartment has fantastic amenities and furnishing. It is a VERY comfortable and organized place. The showers are hot and strong, the laundry worked great and the kitchen is well stacked!
-Seu José, the supor was incredibly helpful - he would order us taxis and give us great advice.
-Denise was responsive in her emails and very helpful in orientating our group to Rio, even though she was in Texas. She seems like such a lovely person!
-The only thing I can complain about is that the wifi and the back-up wifi were not working, making our trip planning inconvenient. Some of the people in our group really needed wifi for their studies and had to make frequent trips to cafés to use their wifi. I believe that this was probably a one-off sort of thing as everything else was very organized. Denise called and left several emails with solutions trying to resolve the problem, so I really think this was unusual.
-I really wanted to give 5 stars, but, as a group, we decided to give 4 stars due to the wifi issue. If it weren't for that, without a doubt, this would have been 5 stars.