Nice apartment! Bright, quiet, comfortable, right size for a couple, 24h concierge, taxi rank and ATM right under the building, supermarket around the block _and a Hawaianas shop 20m away! We found all we needed to cook in-house and lazily have breakfast at home when we wanted to. My wife had never been to Rio and wondered about safety, and this worked perfectly. She felt very safe at going to the beach by herself or strolling around the busy neighborhood. Upmarket, but not touristy in any way, all of Leblon is within a 10min walk from the apartment. If you don't mind walking a bit more and can get through Ipanema without stopping in a bar or a restaurant, the metro station isn't that far either.