I booked this apartment to celebrate my one year anniversary. As someone born and raised in Rio, I knew apartments and this specific neighborhood are more on the older side, so no surprises there. Apartment is nice overall if not a bit outdated in the common areas - kitchen and bathrooms have been nicely renovated. Upstairs you have access to a nice pool area and beautiful but blocked ocean views. No protection on the poolside and stairs might make the experience a bit dangerous for people with dogs and/or kids.
Our experience wasn't unfortunately defined by the apartment however. After staying around 5 hours in the unit we noticed disgusting stains in the bedrooms sheet. It doesn't take a DNA test to identify what kind of stains these were. We decided to leave immediately as we couldn't trust the conditions of the apartment anymore from that point on. Unfortunately our gateway weekend ended after a few hours.
The hosts were somewhat apologetic about it but constantly implied the stains were caused by us and/or our puppy. As clients, the nature of the message exchange made us incredibly uncomfortable and upset. In the end, the host decided to give us half of the money back but honestly the frustration remained.