Lydie's apartment is two blocks away from Ipanema beach (you can walk to Copa's Beaches) and one block from restaurants and grocery stores.

Lydie was super responsive and accommodated all of our small requests. She also arranged to have a driver pick us up from the Airport and brought to the apartment, which was extremely convenient. After flying 10 hours, it was a comfort to see my name on a sign and welcomed by a friendly driver. She also had water in the fridge when we arrived (its the small things that matter) the apartment was spacious, clean, and large enough to accommodate three guys with their own rooms and keys.

Overall, I had a great experience staying at Lydie's. The street the apartment is on seemed very safe. We typically came back to the apartment at 4 AM and walked to the juice bar for some early morning snacks. There's a juice bar one block away which sells this soft dough, chicken filled pastry, its really good after a long night and when its freshly made.

Also, Lydie's Apartment is two blocks from a great little cafe called "Gringo Cafe". Which has Wi-Fi, really good food and service. Its a perfect place if your portuguese is not that great and you want to gather information on local happenings (i.e. boat parties, clubs, events). We usually planned our days around the information gathered at Gringo Cafe. The owner is usually there serving patrons, his name is Sam and pretty cool.

Lydie's apartment is located at a perfect spot within Ipanema. Anyone who stays there will have a wide selection of places to eat and bars.