Edgar was very quick to respond to questions during booking process, provided all details to ensure we had an issue-free arrival.
Edgar’s apartment is conveniently located near Copacabana beach with Uber costing R$10 to Ipanema, R$15 to Lapa or R$17 to SDU (nearest airport) and R$4.30 for one-way subway to Maracanā. Lots of restaurants, bars, grocery and pharmacy nearby. Appears to be a very safe neighborhood.
The accomodations are ultra-suited for friends or family travelling together with 3 large bedrooms accompanied by 3 bathrooms. The furnishings and artwork are top notch, great flat screen with large HD cable channel selection (got to see an NBA game), available portable bluetooth speaker easy to connect to phone for mood music. And the beach views from living room and one bedroom are quite spectacular.
Kitchen is well stocked with full size refrig/freezer, all cooking supplies (didn’t take advantage of this as there were so many great restaurants nearby) and washer/dryer combo (provided plenty of detergent, very necessary as our 4 night stay at the apartment was past the halfway point of our south american journey) and nespresso maker (4 pods included, meant to ask where to buy replacements as they weren’t at the well stocked grocery nearby but found corner cafes to purchase fabulous coffee instead).
Fell in love with Açai, must try with granola and freshly sliced banana, excellent Açai shop 3 blocks away from building (best we found in Rio after sampling a few). There was a farmer’s market on Thursday starting in front of apartment entrance with everything, only wish we’d have had more time to stock up on fresh fish, veggies and fruits for in room meal (did i say the restaurants were great?). Lastly, the 24-hr staffed entry made us feel welcomed whenever we left for our daily journey to explore Rio or return after late night clubbing.
Couldn’t have chosen a better place to stay in Rio, can’t wait to return!