I extremly recommend to stay in this apartment, I went with my mom for 10 days for New 2013 Year and spend such a great time there. The apartment is extremly clean, it has everything, I mean everything a traveller will need, not so big, but very couzy and all the furniture and electronics are bright new, has two beds and it's silent to sleep well at night. You have security dorman 24 hrs and the neighborhood is quite safe. Is really a confortable place to stay, every detail there pleases you.
Ignez was every time very attentive to every mail we sent, once we couldn't turn on the TV, so Ignez's husbend came immediatelly to assist us very kindly. Ignez also let us for New Year a buttle of champagne, chocolates and a postcard of greetings, what was very touching and close.
You have only 1 block to get to Copacabana beach, and about 5 to Ipanema and it's placed on a main Avenue that has buses and metro, clothes stores, lots of restaurants, I can recommend Galeto do Miguel, Pizza Hut (ask for Crown pizza) and Garota do Ipanema, and supermarkets very near.
Thank you Ignez, was a pleasure to stay in your apartment, our Best Regards, Alexander and Valentina