We really enjoyed our stay in Rio! It's a beautiful city and Flavia and Nando's apartment was conveniently located 5 min from the beach. It was, as they described cozy, with quite a small bathroom and kitchen.That being said, it was clean and comfortable and if you are not planning to spend too much time in the apartment then it's great. The only thing that really bothered me was the lack of hot water in the shower (it does get warm but it isn't warm enough to consider it good enough for a shower) and poor water pressure. I wasn't too much of a problem because it was pretty hot in Rio when we were there, but it is something that could be improved. Otherwise we really liked the location and the door men were always very friendly and helpful!