2 thumbs up and highly recommended! We had a wonderful host (Helena), terrific location, clean and newly remodeled apartment just as described!!
Helena was the perfect host! Great with emails before and during our stay, helped arranged taxi transportation to the airport, and attention to details such as giving us some snacks and light refreshments upon our arrival (a great introduction to the popular beach snacks of biscoito and mate tea), providing us guide books during our stay, and having a hair dryer! The apartment is spacious for me and my husband and felt much like home.

The apartment is at the perfect location for either the 1st time visitors and return visitors esp if you want to be steps away from Copacabana and Ipanema beach. There is a juice stand, mini grocery store, newstand, and internet cafe all within 2 mins walking distance from the apartment which makes our stay feel a lot more comforable. Also, just 10 mins walking distance to the Hippie fair market. This was our first visit to Rio and we made the right choice!