The appartment is ideally situated 1 minute from Copacabana beach and 7 minutes from Ipanema beach. Andrea is a helpful host and she responded quickly and efficiently to help me. Unfortunately, the building is quite old (I would say the 1970s) and so the appartment is also in need in renovation. The wifi had troubles though Andrea immediately reacted. It is a building with local families and so there is a lot of noise (dogs, baby, TV), and the windows were not well isolated so I smelled often cooking oil from the street. I did not rest properly.