Location! Location! Location. This condo has the location for Copacabana. The views are unparalleled and the access to the beach is literally across the street. No condo or hotel in Copa or Ipanema has condos on the beach so this is the closet you can get. The unit is one of two penthouse condos on the 14th floor; note the elevator goes to 13 so you do have one flight to walk up but it is a piece of cake. Speaking of the elevators they are the vintage elevators where you open the cage/iron lattice doors yourself and watch the floors go by slowly. There are 2 elevators one is the maintenance elevator which is suggested if sandy from the beach. There is a shower in the bike storage area on the ground floor to rinse a bit even before that elevator ride. The building is secure having a 24 hour bellman who has to buzz you in so no issues with safety. The unit itself is spacious though the 2nd bedroom is very very small, so not advisable for adults. It has a bunk bed with a full size futon on the bottom. We didn’t use that room at all because the AC could not keep it cool so it was very stuffy and too small. The master bedroom is good sized with a wardrobe to store your belongings although all the furnishings are dated and the wardrobe wobbly. The bed is ROCK hard so for my stay impossible to be comfortable. We took the firm mattress from the secondary bedroom and put it on top of the master bed to achieve comfort. Because the furniture is older there is a somewhat dank wood that overpowers so if that is bothersome you’ll struggle. The two bathrooms are nice with great water pressure and granite counters. The kitchen is small but has ALL the amenities including a washer and dryer. We LOVED that. The couches in the living area are very stiff and low and the TV stand older and kind of wobbly. Both the TV there and In the master were flat screens and nice and all the cable channels and Netflix and WiFi and everything. We spent no time watching TV. There’s a large dining room table overlooking the balcony and view which really is the selling point of this condo. The outdoor roof deck is massive and includes a sink and shower out there as well. If the furnishings get updated including the bedding and AC unit in the secondary bedroom this place would be perfect. For our uses it sufficed because we spent most of our awake time out and about.