Stayed for 5 days at Favias apartment in ipanema during the World Cup.
Both she and her sister met us at the apartment at 7am as we had a super early flight - the apartment was lovely and clean, had AC (that actually worked!) and they had kindly left us some bottled water, snacks and also some complimentary toiletries to get us started.
The place is in a perfect neighbourhood - very close to lots of shops, bars and of course the beach! And there is a fabulous juice bar two blocks away called pollo sucro (literally went every day!!)
Fabia and Flavia couldn't have been more welcoming and helpful - they kindly emailed us with lots of information on where was good to watch the football, which shuttle bus to get from the airport etc
Would definitely recommend staying here if you're planning a trip to rio!! Thanks so much again :)