The good: The location is great. Right in the middle of General Osario which provides lots of great options for restaurants, shopping, and transportation to other parts of Rio. I felt very safe at all times. The price on the unit is very good and Isabel and her assitant Claudia were very responsive to my messages.

The not so great: While the photos are exactly the same apartment, the photos do look much better than the apartment looks in person. We did not have hot water for the first two days, but that was fixed with a quick call to Claudia. The TV was not working properly during our stay which wasn't a HUGE deal except that we were in Rio during the Olympics and wanted to watch some of the games/ceremonies. Lastly, we were asked to leave a couple of hours earlier than planned (asked to leave at 10AM instead of normal 12PM checkout), which did not work well for me at all as I was traveling with a broken leg and had already made arrangements for a 12PM checkout. We ended up negotiating for 10:30AM and Claudia watched our bags as we quickly grabbed some breakfast before moving on to our next destination.