My two friends and I stayed in Sylvia's apartment for 5 nights in October 2012, and we highly recommend it.

The apartment was perfect - a great space, wonderfully kitted out and furnished, very smart and in the optimum location, right in the heart of the action and a couple of blocks from both Ipanema and Copacabana beaches.

More importantly, Sylvia and Daniel were amazing hosts. Helping us in our efforts to get there (she even arranged for a taxi for us!) and then greeting us with smiles and lots of info once we arrived. Sylvia helped us throughout our time there - despite being heavily pregnant! - and made our stay in Brazil immensely enjoyable.

I'd recommend this apartment to anyone, we had an amazing time.