The apartment is in a really great location, a few blocks from the beach and near to plenty of bars and restaurants on Av. Ataulfo de Paiva and Rua Dias Ferreira. We felt safe walking around at night and it's a really lovely neighbourhood. However, unfortunately, we discovered on arrival that there's currently a huge construction site right outside (where they are building Leblon metro station). When it's finished, it will make the apartment even more ideally situated - but for now it meant that it was really noisy, with construction work going on all night, and really disturbed our sleep. It also meant we couldn't get too much use out of the terrace.

The main bedroom is big and lovely but the second bedroom (not pictured) is much smaller with a single bed and there was noise from the lift shaft - it wasn't ideal for two friends sharing as one room was so much nicer than the other - I'd say this was really an apartment for a couple with a kid or for a group where someone doesn't mind being in the little room.

WiFi and air conditioning were great and Silvia was helpful with pointing out local supermarkets etc. Thank you!