What a great apartment and great hostess. We would LOVE to live in her apartment year round. Where to start? Location, location, location. As you can tell from the map, the apartment is located in between Copa and Ipanema, set back a bit back from Arpoador, read: can't beat it. With perfect access to either Copa or Ipanema with a little bar on one corner of the street and a supermarket at the other end, it's got it all. The apartment is spacious, has cable, a FANTASTIC hot water heater, a great air conditioner and even a washing machine. How about the hostess? She's great. She is extremely warm and recommended a number of great restaurants and activities. She was extremely flexible with our check ins and check outs (we had some odd flight times). The apartment is exactly as it is in photos and we would recommend absolutely everything about it to friends and colleagues. Book it now!