This place is in an amazing location for a visit to Rio. You are close to both Ipanema (steps away) and Copacabana beaches (10 minute walk), the metro, restaurants and bars, and there's a grocery store right outside the front door. The place is huge, especially by Rio standards, and the patio is amazing. The only downside was that some of the finishes in the place were very dated, and some of the built ins were not well constructed (drawers that didn't open, etc). Overall though, I would definitely stay here again.