The place is in an amazing location, around 5 minutes walk to either Copacabana or Ipanema beach. I feel Ipanema is the better beach as well but that is a personal preference. The apartment is very nice, relatively modern, very clean, comfortable bed, good air con, and secure. Karine was an awesome host and very responsive. The only issue was the internet lagged at times which was not ideal for my girlfriend and I who were working remotely. Karine did try and help but I think this was more to do with the carrier and may have been a temporary issue. The door man was nice, lots of good restaurants in the area, and a supermarket less than 1 minute walk from the building. I’d recommend staying here if your visiting Rio.