We loved our stay in this appartment. The view from the balcony is indeed amazing. The location is great, you’re on beach in 2 mins, we had daily morning swims (best and quietest time). We stayed 5 nights and travelled with 2 teenage daughters. We were doubting between staying in Santa Teresa or Ipanema and so glad we decided upon the latter. The building is really nice, clean and safe. There is a supermarket 2 blocks away for breakfast stuff and there are loads of restaurants in the area. We used regular taxi’s which are everywhere and Ubers to get around. The flat has 2 spacious bedrooms and 2 great bathrooms. The balcony goes from one end to the other which meant we could wake up, make coffee in the kitchen and enjoy the fabulous view without disturbing sleeping kids. Giovanni was great and helpful and arranged transportation from the airport and to and from our next stop (ilha grande). We had a perfect stay!