Rio is a beautifull city and Ipanema is the place to be !
The apartment is very well located, very close from the beach.
The terrace is beautifull but the fournitures are worned.
The 2 terrace rooms are small but nice but the mattress are not so good.
The 3rd room at the back smell stuffy.
I was disappointed arriving in the apartment because the pictures made me think it was much bigger... and it is not...
The kitchen is not good to cook ! The fridge is very small... it is ok if you go out every days to eat in restaurant so I would not recommend that place with kids.
We also had a flood in the entrance and all the rooms because it was raining a lot outside...

We didn't meet Alex but we could communicate easily with him.