Good place to stay if you want to be near the beach. Less than 5 min walk to Ipanema beach with lots of restaurants that are walkable. During Carnival some of the blocos travel right on this street and the metro entrance is literally on the next corner. 5 stars for location. The apartment itself is very bare bones. We stayed for 5 days and had to buy our own toilet paper and had only 2 towels that were very rough (probably had been air dried). As an FYI, there is no hot water in the shower (just one knob to turn it on or off). Brazil is hot so this isn't a deal breaker but it's frustrating if you get caught outside in a rain storm at night like we did. Never used the kitchen but the stove and fridge are small, just enough for one person. There was hair on the couch and in the shower