We had really wonderful vacation and stay at Hilda’s place. The beach was just in front of the apartment and few restaurants were just next next to the apartment so you would not find difficulty to live at Hilda’s apartment. Just as other ppl writes, Barra da Tijuca is not in the central area so it takes little time to go around for sightseeings. Though the receptionists are very kind and impressive. Since we were spending the new years eve in Rio, we were not sure how to spend and afraid to heading to Copacabana because of distances. However, these kind and nice receptionists helped us with many information and gave us a tips for the transportation via google translation (since we could not speak Portuguese...)
We fully recommend Hilda’s place for surely and 100%!