Like almost every first time Rio visiter we originally wanted to stay near the beaches, in our case around Ipanema. But since we didn't find a place there, in our budget, we decided for Georges apartment in Lapa.
The apartment is small but clean and well furnished. The only disadvantage was that not much daylight is coming through the windows.
Of course we missed, that the beaches are not around the corner.
With the bus we needed about 50 min to get to Ipanema.
But with every day we liked Lapa more and more. The are lots of bars, also some right in front of the door. We enjoyed to hang out there and watch the streetlife. The best was the weekend. A cool market and kind of a block party in the early saturday evening just around the corner of the apartment. And through friday and saturday night you find tons of people having a party all over the streets of Lapa. We were just amazed of this real Rio culture everywhere.

Of course we only knew about this happenings, because George provided us a lot of information. We never saw him personally, but he was always available for questions, so he did a good host job.

We enjoyed our stay and can recommend this place.