Choosing Silvia's apartment was easy, because it reminded me of those lofts in Europe. It's very well decorated, bright, confortable and had all the amenities necessary for my 3 week stay.
I travelled by myself from Perth, Australia, after 5 years away from Rio, to visit one of my sons, granddaughter and friends. Leblon is the perfect place to be for holidays or business, and this apartment is 3 short blocs away from the beach, while supermarket, amazing bakeries, restaurants, "lanchonetes", are just around the corner, 1 to 5 minutes away.
The one bedroom apartment is exactly how t's described, on the street level of an old building and has a very charming terrace. During the day, there are two nice gentlemen, "porteiros", who take care of the entrance and us :). They keep the building safe and very clean. At night, the residents and I had the appropriate keys to lock the main gate outside and the main building door. Very safe building and apartment. I did not have any issues and all the residents were very kind and polite. Brazilians are amazing people.
Leblon is also very central, close to Ipanema and Gávea (both walking distance), Copacabana, Barra da Tijuca, the city and many touristic attractions.
Silvia was fantastic since the begining. She always answered promply my emails, even with the 11 hours difference between Australia and Brazil. She was at the apartment at my arrival to give me informations, details about internet etc. Superb!
Sheets and towels were changed every week without a problem and I only had a problem with the internet once, which Silvia came to the apartment straight away and we discovered that I had disconected the wrong plug out of the wall. My mistake!
I will definetly go back to the same place in the near future with my husband and adult son.
Thank you Silvia.
Muito obrigada, um beijo e até breve.
Michèle