Rodrigo and Julia’s apartment is perfect for me and my friend.
It is located on the very lively neighborhood on the major street, next to pharmacy and a fancy hotel. There is several grocery stores near by. One was less than a block away. Açaí smoothie/ice cup specialty store was a block away so we enjoyed going there every day. There is always good amount of traffic through out the day and night and convenient to access to the beach. Uber in general is so much cheaper in addition to taking subway. Subway (Siqueira Campo) was about 5 minutes by walking and connects to many touristic locations. For us, going to Sambadrome without switching subway was the best part. Even taking Uber or Taxi, cost was about R90.
Their apartment is located at the higher part (elevator access) so it was quit and very nice. There was a 24 hours receptionist who monitors the residents in and out and security cameras installed at multiple places. The apartment has everything we need from varieties of cooking ware, oven, drip coffee equipment, AC, washing machine that spins water off so good that clothes dry so quickly by simply hanging in a room with AC on. And the washing machine has a dryer function, but we found the hanging takes shorter hours. And to make our stay even more fantastic was that our host Rodrigo and Julia. They were so attentive and responded to our messages so fast and give us much information on touristic attractions, Carnivals, blocos parade schedule, etc. They are sincerely nice hosts. I will stay there again.