PERFECT location. We spent 7 days over the Christmas holiday in this unit. Restaurants, bars, shopping, and supermarkets are very close – and the beach is literally half a block away. The unit is very quiet, the beds are comfortable, the A/C worked extremely well, and the showers were hot and had decent water pressure.
We communicated with Matheus, and he was very helpful. We did have one non-working toilet, which Matheus quickly had repaired (although it broke again during our stay) – but with 7 bathrooms, this was not a problem for us.
Due to the holiday week, we rarely saw the doorman. He may have been on vacation. We utilized the patio in the evening and the early morning, but because we visited in summer, the patio was VERY hot and sunny most of the day. I would definitely stay here again. Great vacation.
A few tips for future tenants, which I didn’t understand when I booked:
1.	The kitchen(s) were small – and there was no table for eating together as a family. There is a small toaster oven, but not a larger oven. There are three small refrigerators, rather than a larger refrigerator. Because of the holiday, we cooked “in” on Christmas Eve. With small kitchen(s) and so many restaurants close by, going out to eat is advisable.
2.	The breakfast was good – but we didn’t realize they cook the breakfast IN the unit, and they remain until you are finished eating so they can clean up. We were all asleep when they arrived to prepare breakfast in the morning, which seemed a bit odd to us. It felt slightly uncomfortable having others in the unit, before you awake, and then you must wake up and consume the breakfast quickly, so they can leave. We don’t speak Portuguese so we were unable to communicate with the cooks during our stay. (again, this is on US – not the cooks).
3.	There is a hose to wash the sand off your feet in the basement. When the doorman was not present, there was no way to enter the basement without going through the main foyer. A resident in the building was unhappy that we were bringing sand in through the main lobby – and she yelled at us on one occasion. I understand that she lived there, but there was no way to wash our feet, prior to entering the building, without a dorrman.
4.	If you want maid service, you must pay an additional fee for the service. We never had laundry done, but we thought one load was included during our stay – but that is not the case unless you pay for the maid (laundry) service.
These were minor issues – none of which would prohibit me from booking the unit again.