The support and information pre-arrival from Maria was so helpful and reassured any concerns we had with travelling to Rio during Carnival. I would highly recommend the services of Fernando to book your airport transfers, private tours and we also used for our trip to Buzios which made our holiday experience faultless. The apartment was in an excellent location in Ipanema,close to good restaurants, bars and the beach. A very secure building with a day porter whom is very friendly and always opened the doors. The apartment is very clean and functional on the first floor so easy to access by stairs or lift. There is very little outside noise due to the internal position of the apartment, which was a bonus due to the outside street noise during Carnival. There is some natural daylight via sky lights. Highly recommend.