Such a fantastic place! The location is IDEAL—a 3 min walk to Ipanema, 7 min walk to Copacabana, 2 min walk to a grocery store, and a quick, cheap Uber to the Botanical Gardens, Sugarloaf Mountain, and Cristo Redentor. Check in literally took 5 seconds, and the front desk people were so helpful and welcoming.
Beside the location, the neatest thing about this place is its age. It felt like somewhere Walt Disney would have visited on his goodwill tour to Brazil decades ago. 😍 The crown molding is original, and there are separate maids quarters and bathroom. There’s even a service entrance, which is ideal for when you go to the beach because it has a hose wash station to get sand off your feet. It does smell a bit musty, as most old places in humid locations do, but we didn’t mind. Also, it had blazing fast internet--we were able to do four simultaneous zoom calls to the United States with zero problems.
Definitely would recommend! 👍👍