Overall, the apartment is ok. Two decent size bedrooms and two small but functional bathrooms. Veranda was very nice, especially since several of our guests smoked, which they could reasonably do outside. Air conditioners worked well throughout our stay, except the blower broke on the living room unit on day 13 of our stay and wasn’t fixed by the time we left. Beautiful pool but wasn’t open every day (in the middle of summer) and I was never able to figure out the schedule. Location is listed as Barra da Tijuca, but should say adjacent. It is actually located in Jacarepagua. It’s 15-20 minutes driving to the nearest beach. Owner requires a R$500 cash security deposit on check-in which is not disclosed until you pay the rental. It was returned promptly upon check out however. Kitchen was a mixed bag; enough plates and silverware for 4 people, nice size counter space, BUT range has only some burners that work and you can’t use the oven and burners at the same time, refrigerator cools but not to the level where cooked foods can be stored for more than a day or two (cooked a large amount of bacalhau for Christmas that went bad in two days, lasts 7-10 days in my frig at home), and NO Microwave (even though it is listed in the description). That was a bummer that costed us $$ because I couldn’t quickly heat up leftovers. Washing machine works, but water that spins out ends up flooding the kitchen, causing a mess that we never wanted to repeat (so we never washed again while we were there). Staff and doorman were nice to my wife and daughter. Can walk to several markets, restaurants and a shopping mall, BUT had to use 99 or Uber to get everywhere else. To be fair, there is a BRT station right outside the complex, but we are not big fans of public transit to big in with and they ripped me off when we tried to go to Copacabana one day. There were five of us that wanted to go, so I put R$100 on a transit card, which was enough for the trip back and forth with a little extra to spare. Problem was no one told me (nor are there signs any where) that a transit card can only be used 6 times in any 24 hour period time, meaning more than half of my party couldn’t make the transfer from the bus to the subway. If somebody had said something when I bought the card, I would have bought several cards and split the money among them. Next time, I would try to consolidate my excursions so I could rent a car instead. I would probably stay here again, assuming the a/c and kitchen issues were taken care of.