We loved our stay in Fatima’s place, we originally came for 1 month and extended for an extra 6 weeks as we were enjoying it so much.
The essentials to know below, especially for foreigners!
Fatima’s place has I think the BEST location in Rio, it’s super close to all the essentials (beach, gym, the best supermarkets, great açai) and the area is very safe with tourist police within 50m pretty much all the time.
Situated perfectly so you can easily get to Lapa for nights out or Barra de Tujica and Recreio for surf.
The flat itself had everything we needed. As 3 professionals working online every day, we spent a LOT of time together in the apartment but it was spacious enough that this worked just fine.
The building is also very secure with attentive security that buzz everybody both in and out of the building.
Great for first time visitors to Rio. Thanks Fatima!