Vacation rental in Rio de Janeiro
4 guests · 1 bedroom · 1 bath
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About this vacation rental
Comfortable Accommodations
Amenities
Free WiFi/internet
Air conditioning
Non-smoking
Pets allowed
Heating
WiFi/Internet
Family friendly
Smoking allowed
Key access
Contactless check-in/out
Fire alarm
Fire extinguisher
Cleaning products
Map of Rio de Janeiro
Ratings and reviews
100% verified reviews9 / 10Outstanding·Nov 2026
Sonia was an amazing and gracious host. Her daughter was also nice and spoke good english. The location is wonderful. It is a 10 minute walk to the Jardim Botanico botanical gardens. There are several nice restaurants and small park about 1 block away and a small grocery story / bakery less than 2 blocks away. There is a police station and fire station on the same street about 100-200m away. There are security cameras outside the door. I walked to the restaurants and store after dark, and walked to the botanical gardens and Ipanema Beach during the day and never felt unsafe. This is not a luxury hotel or high-end pousada, but the price reflects this. IMO it is well worth the price for staying in this great Rio location and having Sonia as your host.
There are 3 beds in the main room which made it feel a bit crowded. I was traveling solo so only needed 1 bed, but for a family or group of 3-4 people those 3 beds would be ideal. The only problem I had with my stay there is with a tour guide named Rodrigo who picked me up at Sonia's and charged me US$200 for a full day tour of Rio that was over by 1pm ... and he did not speak any english so I didn't learn much from the tour. In the afternoon he charged me US$40 more to drive me to Grumari Beach west of Rio so we could have lunch at a shanty restaurant named Rancho Caicara. I ordered a robalo fish (called snook in other places) with potatoes, some empanadas and a few 12 ounce cans of cola. It took over 2 hours for the lunch to be served. Then they charged me R$425 = US$85 ! I told Rodrigo that was way too much and even more than would be charged in the US (the same meal would have cost about US$30-40 there). The most expensive meal I had in Brazil up to that point was US$14 and included all I could eat fish. Using a translator app Rodrigo said R$425 was a fair price because it was a "deep sea fish" which wasn't true (robalo stay near the beach and even go up fresh water rivers). Rodrigo said he goes to that beach & restaurant every weekend with his family (though he told me his wife recently left him because she found out he was having an affair). The restaurant owners are his friends, so I suspect he got some of the money from them overcharging me so much for that lunch. Making matters worse, I got sick for 3 days from the food I ate at that place. Lesson: don't use Rodrigo for your guide if you stay at Sonia's, and never eat at Rancho Caicara.
8 / 10Excellent·Sep 2026
Localização excelente, facilidade para check in e checck out
Poderia estar mais limpo
10 / 10Outstanding·Sep 2026
Ambiente agradável, familiar , a Sonia é uma pessoa maravilhosa, precisei ficar umas horas a mas ela permitiu, me acolheu super bem , deixou cortesias na geladeira ❤️
Não tenho nada a reclamar.
5 / 10·Nov 2026
O ponto mais positivo é a localização, que é excelente. A hospedagem fica em uma região de Mata Atlântica preservada, próxima ao Parque da Cidade ao Parque Nacional da Tijuca. Outro ponto muito positivo é a anfitriã, a Sônia. Ela é muito educada, atenciosa e acolhedora. Deixa mimos para o hóspede na cozinha, como algumas comidinhas, o que faz a gente se sentir realmente bem recebida.
O aspecto mais delicado, e que me custa registrar, é a limpeza. A hospedagem estava suja e, em alguns pontos, insalubre. Entendo o contexto: por estar em área de preservação, o clima é mais úmido e há uma tendência maior a mofo. Justamente por isso, acredito que o cuidado com a higiene precisa ser ainda mais intenso em um espaço que se oferece para hospedagem. Durante a estadia, encontrei presença de baratas, aranhas e traças, muita poeira no ambiente e mofo na parede do banheiro, inclusive próximo ao local onde está instalado o papel higiênico. Isso compromete o conforto e a saúde de quem se hospeda. A acomodação é bastante simples, com móveis, eletrodomésticos, roupas de cama e toalhas simples. Para quem busca simplicidade, isso não é um problema. O problema foi mesmo a higiene. Se eu pudesse recomendar algo à proprietária, eu proporia que ela investisse em uma limpeza intensa do local. Tenho certeza de que com esse cuidado, o próximo hóspede pode encontrar um ambiente muito diferente. Registro isso na esperança de que tenha sido um aspecto temporário.
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"You get the entire place by yourself in a colonial house - bedroom, private bathroom and kitchen, a rare gem in Rio de Janeiro. Location is at the local Gavea neighbourhood, very near to the botanical..."
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