I visited Rio with a friend for 7 days this past June during the World Cup and stayed at Francisco’s apartment. Wow, what a great place to stay! The location is great. The views from the terrace are amazing. The apartment has everything you need. Francisco was extremely helpful and very friendly.

The apartment building is located about a block away from the General Ozorio metro stop. It is an upscale, relatively quiet residential building. Ipanema beach is a block away. Arpoador is a five minute walk from the apartment. Copacabana beach is very close also.

There are numerous restaurants and bars in the Ipanema neighborhood that are within a few blocks of the apartment. We walked to many of them for lunch and dinner. There are breakfast places, neighborhood cafes, juice bars, clothing stores, an open air market (hippie fair), a bus stop, and much more. Also, there is a really nice grocery store across the street from the apartment that has all of the food and drinks you may need.

In the mornings and at night, the terrace is a great place to sit and enjoy coffee or drinks. The bed and pull out couch bed are both very comfortable. The apartment also has a small fridge for food and drinks, and there is Wi-Fi for Internet access, and air conditioning. The apartment was very clean.

This was a great place to stay. I would recommend Francisco’s apartment to my friends and family if they were to travel to Rio.