name: Modern, Stylish Apt Ipanema Centre
description: A perfectly located, tastefully designed one bedroom apartment in Ipanema just 2 blocks from the sea and right on Praça General Osório. With the metro, shops, bars, restaurants and services on your doorstep, it's the best place to be to explore Rio.<br /><br /><b>The space</b><br />PLEASE NOTE that the rate is inclusive of everything except for electricity which is charged separately. Brazilian electricity prices have increased by 75% since November 2014  and, to avoid having to increase our rates accordingly, we feel the fairest way is to keep it separate.<br /><br />We take a meter reading on check-in and on check-out and charge exactly the value per KW/h as charged by the energy company LIGHT. Air-conditioning units are what use the most energy, so we would encourage guests to switch them off when they are out of the apartment.<br /><br />Brazilian electricity prices are among the highest in the world (50% higher than the US average) but with normal use guests can expect to pay arou