What a beautiful and astonishing place! I had expected it to be special, from the photographs, but we were totally charmed by the reality. To walk in the door and know we'd found someplace stunning and great was wonderful.
Not only is it in a perfect, safe location (the heart of Copacabana) but it is modern and comfortable, elegant and homey, and, compared to what we would have had to spend at a comparable hotel, it was a great bargain....
David and the staff made us feel right at home. They were right there with help and advice, suggestions about local transport, local spots, good restaurants..like five star concierges at five star hotels -they took very good care of us.
The neighborhood is great. There's one of those spectacular Rio Juice Bars right across the street with an amazing range of tropical fruit and juices, like Açai, and coffee! and great inexpensive breakfasts...SO good. From the door, it's two blocks to one of the most beautiful beaches in the world. Restaurants, cafes, supermarkets and the metro are all, like all around, a block away.
Coming back from the beach, the doorman (there 24 hours a day, every day) buzzes you in and up you go to the sky, above the hurly burly of the street and open to the sky and mountains and the views of what I think is the most beautifully sited city on the planet.
Highly recommend this place. SO much better than a hotel.