This apartment is extremely well located - very close to the beach and to the some of best restaurants and bars in town. Also very convenient to the supermarket, drugstores, etc. The building is very secure, and parking in the premises is easy (not always the case in Rio). The apartment has a large wraparound balcony from where you can actually see Christ the Redeemer and the ocean. I found the host to be very nice, attentive, and flexible.