The apartment is in the perfect location! It is only a 2 minute or so walk to Copacabana Beach and about 10 to Ipanema Beach. It is also a safe area with great bars and restaurants all around it. It is quite a large apartment and the shower is always hot! Great shower! The apartment is similar to the photos, although not as modern as it seems in the photos. Claudio was a very helpful, flexible and friendly host.

Things to note about this apartment that could be made better:
1. The beds are extremely uncomfortable. They were so uncomfortable that I chose to sleep on the couch instead of the bed for our last 4 nights of the stay as my neck and back were extremely sore from attempting to sleep the first two nights in the bed, during which I could hardly sleep as the bed makes noises every time you roll over in your sleep and therefore wake yourself up. My partner persisted with the bed but had an extremely sore back and neck and didn't sleep well each night.
2. The wifi isn't great. It works most of the time but is slow and drops out.
3. I had to sleep with mosquito spray on each night as I was bitten a lot on the first two nights of our stay (the mosquitos are presumably coming in from the space/window in the kitchen which is not able to be closed).