My partner and I stayed at Fabiana’s place for about 6 days, and we did not want to leave!
The apartment is just across Barra beach, in a very clean and safe area.
The security staff were there 24/7 and they were always friendly and helpful.
It was very easy to call Uber taxis at anytime due to the convenient location, we would have to wait maximum 5 min.
You might notice that the location isn’t so close to tourist spots like Copacabana beach, Christ reeder, etc.
But in terms of safety, we found it was worth it to stay in a less busy area, and instead be able to walk around and visit restaurants, beach bars even at night time with no worries.
As we’re based in Japan, we were a bit concerned about the loft because my partner is 1,90cm tall, and normally loft apartments in asia are very small. However, the ceiling was high enough and he had zero issues sleeping there. The apartment has a very well structured design making it feel very spacious, and what I loved the most was the decoration and its big window that lets a lot of natural sunlight come through.
We both work remote, and although there was no working desk/chair we could use the sofa and kitchen table to work, and the environment is so cozy that it made the days we had to work from home, very pleasant! Wi-fi of course worked perfectly.
Last but not least, Fabiana was very helpful, and any question I’d have she’d reply very quickly.
We were also very grateful about her flexibility with check-in/check-outs time, and we have no doubt that next time we visit Rio we will try to stay there again!