The apartment is on the 7th floor and you will have lovely views day and night of Christo Redentor from the large balcony. One bigger bedroom and two smaller bedrooms, a decent living room , and an interesting open air kitchen. If you want to do serious cooking, I should point out that the utensilities available are basic.
Entrance is safe and a doorkeeper will open up any time. The metro is literally on the other side of the street. When arriving by taxi, the apartment is on the left side between the Chinese consulate and a Drogista.
The Botafogo Praia mall has a lot of shops and also a lot of mainly fast food options(with panorama views of the Botafogo beach ) but big supermarkets are not available in the neighborhood.
The outstanding feature is not the televison programming which is mostly Brazilian, but the excellent and friendly contact with Maria.