The apartment of Juliana is really amazing. There are just so many positive points to mention: the location is almost perfect. It is 300 meters to the beach near Rua Santa Clara (Copacobana) which makes this really excellent for new year's eve or just a day at the beach. Because the beach is ery close but the street of the building is very quiet: it is a smaller street where very few cars and people pass. The neighboorhoud appears to be very safe as well. We never felt stressed.
Next the apartment is so nicely decorated. Juliana clearly has a good feeling for decoration and colours. Far better than me at least. The apartment is fully equiped: kitchen, nice shower (even a second smaller one), washing machine, 2 TVs with digital TV channels (so we could see some english moivies as well). The balcony is excellent, airco is performant and not noisy,and so on and on.
Juliana is also a very caring host: the apartment was incredibly clean when arriving and she left some treats for us when arriving.
All in all I would recommend this aprtment to anybody looking for a place in Rio !