This was close to the perfect airbnb experience.
Communication with Bruno before the trip was excellent and made for a stress free check in. He was also able to put me in touch with a great local Favela tour as well, which was one of my highlights of the trip.
On arrival I was met by Jardel, who was tres genial to use a bit of French. When we met we worked through different languages before we established French was going to be the best for both of us. So I had 5 days of refreshing my A level French haha.
Breakfast was plentiful and delicious. Eggs, baguettes, fresh fruit and freshly squeezed juices with lovely coffee.
The pics on here are not at all misleading the pool and terrace really do have an incredible view over the favela and the beach and see in distance. The room is decorated to a boutique standard and bed was super comfortable.
The only tiny inconvenience is that with it being by the entry to a small favela, some taxi drivers were reluctant to drop off there. So often you would be dropped at bottom of street and have to walk the last bit. A bit scary by night / annoying in the rain!!