I have spent almost four months in this amazing apartment. The apartment has got everything one needs for a longer stay: a fully equipped kitchen, enough bedsheets, towels, cleaning equipment, media and all sorts of tiny little details which the owners have thought of thoroughly. Overall, one can see the love for details which make the apartment a very cozy and warm place, which I really appreciated especially during the Corona-quarantine, together with the very good internet connection.
The location of the apartment is also very good: it is in a quiet almost dead-end street surrounded by the main roads of Botafogo (Rua Voluntários da Pátria, Rua Real Grandeza and a bit further away Rua São Clemente). So you live in a quiet area but are still very central. You can reach the most important places of Rio very easily, on foot, by bike, by bus or by the metro (the metro station is about 15 minutes walking distance), like Lagoa, the market Cobal in Humaitá, Jardim Botânico, Copacabana, Ipanema....so it is perfect for a stay at the beginning if you do not know Rio that well and want to discover erverything to get a good overall impression. Also, you have a lot of supermarkets, cafés, restaurants and many other shopping facilities very near.
Last but not least, the communication with the owners is just superb. They care from the very first moment to the end and make sure that everything is ok with you and you feel good. The mother of the owner who also lives in Botafogo showed me around the surrounding, putting an effort into the fact that I get to know everything well, which I really appreciate because at the very beginning this is very important.
So, thank you for everything, this was the best choice for me and I highly recommend this apartment! :)