This is a great little apartment in a fun part of the City. Is not located right near all of the tourist activities, but close enough to walk, plus being in Bairro Alto allowed us to explore more of the city. The views are good but not expansive, can’t see much from the balcony unless you stand on top toes or crawl on to the neighbors roof which is discouraged with a sign.
It was spotless, comfortable, and as described. My main complaint was check in. They don’t give you a code, you have to meet up with them. Which requires telling them when you are thirty minutes away and hoping someone is available then to meet you. This is logistically difficult when arriving from oversees. The host was messaging me repeatedly while I was getting off the airplane and trying to figure out transportation to the apartment because her colleague had to go to work elsewhere. Then when we finally got it figured out, that person had already left so we had to walk down the street and wait for thirty more minutes till her brother came and let us in. Luckily we found an awesome little coffee shop right down the street (Buna Coffee Shop) where we could sit outside with our big backpacks.
If the check in was streamlined I would’ve given it 5 stars. As it is, if we go back I’m looking for a place with self checkin.