This place has a fantastic location, in Leblon. Short walks to the beach, restaurants, supermarkets, bars and a metro station. It is basically a hotel, with 24-hour concierge service (the guys were super friendly) and anonymous maid service (I was surprised to come home to a well made bed and my laundry folded). There's a laundry machine but, as I suspect with many in-home laundry machines, the drying function doesn't work too well and I wasn't sure where to find a line to hang my clothes. A/C units worked well, and the host and concierges granted me the flexibility to leave my bags with them on my last day in Rio. I had a great trip and this place definitely helped!