Maria's place was ideally situated, in the heart of Ipanema. Maria was an excellent host, very proactive and communicative, and she had left us a gift basket of snacks and a fridge stocked with water and beer, which was very kind of her. The apartment is air conditioned and the TV has Netflix, which we found very relaxing and enhanced our experience. We highly recommend Maria's place for a visit to Rio, and would stay again.