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10/10 Excellent
Adam W.
5 Jul 2014
Perfect apartment!
Overall we were all very satisfied with our stay.
Before staying: Luckily for me, I have a Portuguese speaking colleague who made communicating with the Regina very simple, however if you do not have this luxury then as you will see later she is happy accommodating non Portuguese speaking guests. I naturally had reservations about sending the deposit internationally, however shortly after the transfer was made I was sent a photocopy of the transaction receipt and felt very reassured by this.
During our stay: The first challenge was calling Regina to meet her to sort out the keys and payments. I had tried to learn some Portuguese before going to Brazil however it was still not very good. Regina was very patient and explained everything great; she even called her daughter in law to translate to English for us when it became apparent that my attempts at learning Portuguese were not quite good enough! After this process was done, the flat was great for us. All of the furniture was of high quality and the apartment had everything we required and more. The location was great, just a short walk from Copacabana beach and with local shops, cafe's and restaurants nearby. Like any apartment we needed to pay a deposit to insure the owner that we would not damage the apartment during our stay, at the end of our stay we left the apartment in a similar state as to when we arrived and the deposit was returned with no problems.
The only disappointment of my stay was that England performed so badly in the World Cup.
Thanks again,
Adam