Joaquim and the place are great. Booking and communicating before the trip was easy. The location is great 5 min walk to Copacabana beach a few more for Ipanema beach. Supermarket, restaurants, fast food, drugstore, and metro all within a few minutes’ walk. The apartment is spacious, quiet, and as advertised. There was fast Wi-Fi, good sized fridge, AC, washer, and gas stove. The building has an elevator. Joaquim greeted us very welcoming showed us around the building grounds then to the very clean apartment. Took the time to answer our questions and provided information about the area. Very helpful throughout our stay there. Thank you Joaquim