Bianca’s place is perfectly adequate for a trip to Rio. It is close to the beach and has easy access to transportation, grocery stores and restaurants.
Although the address is for a side street the apartment overlooks a very busy, all hours of the day, street. After one night without sleep I used the AC to drown out the noise.
The apartment has a good kitchen and bedroom. The fridge is big enough to keep a few groceries. The place does not have a coffee pot, it has a Brazilian type Keurig, so if you want real coffee and do not want to have to buy the overpriced pods, do what I did and bring a pour on and boil water. There isn’t a water filter in the apartment and water in Brazil is not bleached so you’ll have to buy bottled water.
The bathroom is tiny and does not have any ventilation. And there is only one hook by the sink for a hand towel. Also I am tall and after banging the back of my head against the wall cabinet I resorted to washing my face and teeth in the kitchen sink.
I, in general was very pleased with the place with one caveat which is perhaps cultural. For a 3 week stay with 2 people, I was given Two bath towels, Two hand towels , and One dish towel (with a hole). I am used to rent places specially at the beach in the States without IMO a lack of linens. Given Bianca’s place does not have washer or drier, nor a hook to hang the bath towel, it would have been nice to have more linens available. In my case, I was lucky to have relatives close by that could lend me more towels and do the laundry.