name: Private suite with balcony on Gigoia Island
description: Living on an island and yet in the middle of Rio de Janeiro? Sounds utopical - Come to visit us and find out that it exists!<br />We built our house from 2015 to 2016 with a special focus on natural light and ventilation which distinguishes it from most Brazilian buildings. Our rooms are special with the rustique charm of apparent bricks, wooden furniture and balconies with a view to Pedra da Gávea, the highest mountain of Rio.<br /><br /><b>The space</b><br />Our house has 3 storeys and your room is on the 1st floor. It is a quiet place: No cars passing, it is a space to truly relax from the city, although we are will connected with public transport. You enter our building at the Casa da Tapioca, a bistro specialized on Northeastern Brazilian food. On the terrace at the entry, you can have your breakfast (which our guests love! It comes with coffee, juice, fresh fruit salad, eggs, bread, toast, cheese and ham). From there, it one flight of stairs up to your private suite with a small 