It was nice & quiet for us and very safe , but not far from bars ,restaurants & supermarkets & the beach of course. Great to have a washing machine as we had already been for 5days in Saint Theresa & were moving on to Ilha Grande.
Andrea had a local map & we were able to walk all over the area & catch v.cheap Ubers. Sunset & Caipirinhas at Ipanema only about 40 minutes stroll. There was a local market on Wednesday’s in the park where we were able to buy good fruit & local snacks.