DANGEROUS APARTMENT DOOR:
If you lock the apartment door from the inside, YOU CANNOT GET OUT. If your travel companion locks the apartment door from the outside while you are inside, YOU CANNOT GET OUT. In the event of fire or need for assistance, this makes the apartment a death trap in my opinion. The owner did not answer urgent calls the second time I was locked in.
Basically a corridor roughly 2,5 metres wide broadening out to a room 5 metres wide finishing at the one window giving onto the street. 2nd floor, no double glazing.
Minuscule bathroom with no mirror and nowhere to place even a toothbrush. Shower that doesn’t heat above lukewarm. The owner hadn’t even thought to leave a bar of soap.
Pretty shabby furnishings, fittings, sheets and blankets.
Very kind, efficient and friendly porter staff.
A very disappointing experience compared with an excellent apartment in Copacabana rented ten days earlier. I would not recommend this apartment.