I had a great stay here. The apartment is exactly as described so there are no surprises, it is quite basic but perfectly good for what you need. I really enjoyed the area too, there is a great square close to the apartment where there is always something going on. It can be noisy in the apartment (but that can be true of many places in Rio) so earplugs would be useful at night. Gustavo was a good host, on arriving the internet was not working and he made sure I was still able to use internet for my stay. I would stay here again