This is a great apartment withfantastic,unobstructed views of much of Rio. We have rented it several times, and next year we shall rent it again for another two months. A great feature of it is the ample room for clothes, books and papers. Its price is rather high, but as a professor of math, I love and need the inspiring environment it provides, and Djamila is the best host imaginable. In addition, Ilma, who looks after it, is lovely and amazingly helpful: she keeps it spotlessly clean.
This apartment is for two people, like we are, as it consists of a large living room, full of light, with windows all around, a bedroom with a double bed, and a small room with two single beds for an occasional relative, like our nieces, who visited us.
I would not recommend this flat to people who go to Rio to spend much time on the beach. But if you want to put your usual way of life on hold so that later you can work with renewed strength, you cannot do better than rent Djamila's apartment.