My wife and I had an enjoyable and memorable experience from our short stay at Maria's beautiful apartment in Ipanema. It is located on the top 8th floor overlooking the park in a safe neighborhood 2 blocks from the Ipanema beach with a row of great restaurants on the same street and right across from Zona Sul grocery chain. It is convenient to public transportation including the Rio subway and shopping stores.

Maria is a lovely grandma living in the next bedroom of the apartment, and we wished my wife and I knew how to speak Portuguese to appreciate her more as an endearing host. She let us use the kitchen to boil hot water for our evening tea and provided me with a wine glass for my bottle of local wine. We used our Brazilian Portuguese cellphone app to communicate with her, and of course, hand gestures always work. We will definitely go back to stay in this cute condo and we highly recommend it to everybody!