Very cool apartment with a fantastic location. We loved the bakery across the street, Mimosa's, for bread, Mr. Bolo ' s for cake and espresso, and there is a great produce market one block towards the beach. Our family of 4 was comfortable here for 2 weeks. The only difficulties were with the kitchen size, and a 2 burner stove. I got creative with my cooking! We also would have liked a table of some sort for dining, but made a temporary one with our suitcases.
The building and neighborhood seemed completely safe and very friendly. You are very close to the beach, restaurants, grocery stores, and juicebars.
We were in Rio for jiu jitsu training, and there are many great academies just blocks from this apartment.
I highly recommend this apartment!