ADV stands for Art de Vivre, which means lifestyle!

We don't only rent out and sell beautiful properties, we also provide all the services and experiences you may need during your stay or your investment

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For sale · Rio & the Costa Verde

Apartments & villas, for sale.

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ADV 110 Private

Copacabana

Luxurious Penthouse with 5 suites, a pool and a breathtaking view of all Copacabana's beach

5 suites7 baths848 m²

US$ 5.6M

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What clients say

4.9 on Google.

Averaged across 63 reviews on our Google Business Profile in Ipanema.

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Marilise Remus a month ago

★★★★★

I highly recommend them, the best real estate agent in Rio de Janeiro. Beautiful properties in excellent locations. Personalized and attentive service, always striving for the best for their clients.

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Cesar Bruni 2 years ago

★★★★★

Superb apartment on Copacabana! Top-notch team, impeccable responsiveness. Thank you to Charlie and Victor! Superb stay in Rio! Highly recommended!

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Vincent Allé 2 years ago

★★★★★

A huge thank you to Charlie and the Art de Vivre team for making my first purchase in Rio so enjoyable and stress-free! They walked me through every step and gave honest advice along the way. I highly recommend them!

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Lucy Mitchell 2 years ago

★★★★★

I bought a penthouse in Leblon through Art de Vivre and honestly couldn't be happier with how it went. The team knew the market inside out — which buildings to look at, which to skip, what the paperwork involves for a foreign buyer. The apartment itself is gorgeous and the views did most of the selling. What I didn't expect was how much they helped after the sale too, sorting out the practical side of actually living in Rio. Good investment, better experience. I'd recommend them to anyone buying here.

Short stays · Rio & the coast

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ADV 004

São Conrado

São Conrado Beach View Villa

4 suites6 baths900 m²

Ipanema Beach Linear Penthouse

4 suites4 baths900 m²

Bali de Janeiro Penthouse

3 suites4 baths372 m²

Barra da Tijuca Villa for 16

Vidigal Sea-View Loft

2 suites2 baths120 m²

Ipanema Two-Suite Penthouse

2 suites3 baths96 m²

US$ 220 / night

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Explore

ADV's Rio, on the map.

Our homes for sale, the restaurants we book for clients, and the places we send you first — pinned on one satellite map. Tap a pin to open it.

Imagery © Esri, Maxar · Places © OpenStreetMap

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Guides · Rio buildings

The buildings worth knowing, one entry at a time.

A working directory of Rio's residential addresses — year built, units, recent comps, short-stay rules and gross yield. Compiled by Charlie.

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Copacabana

Edifício Chopin

Modernist Copacabana, next door to the Palace.

Leblon

Edifício Mira Mar

Direct frontage on Leblon's beach.

Ipanema

Edifício Garota de Ipanema

On the block where bossa nova was written.

Who we are

A boutique Rio brokerage,
run by people who know Rio inside out.

Art de Vivre is a licensed Rio de Janeiro brokerage that sells and manages luxury homes. We sell apartments and villas in the addresses that matter — and we run them as short-stay residences when the owners aren't using them.

Twelve years in, the model is simple: a small, careful portfolio, a back-office that doesn't drop the ball, and a concierge that knows the doormen by name. We don't have a thousand listings. The ones we have, we know cold.

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Ipanema beach at golden hour, Pedra Dois Irmãos on the horizon

What we do

Buy, rent, sell. One firm.

Copacabana ocean-facing apartment in Rio de Janeiro for sale

01 · Buy

Apartments & villas, brokered properly.

Copacabana to Costa Verde. We show the listings other agents won't, and we run the paperwork to closing — escrow, escritura, ITBI.

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Ipanema penthouse pool overlooking the Atlantic Ocean

02 · Rent

Short stays, not a hotel.

Hand-picked villas and apartments for a week or a season. Daily housekeeping, private chef, drivers, boats — all on one bill.

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View toward Sugarloaf Mountain from a Leblon terrace in Rio de Janeiro

03 · Sell

Quiet sales for serious sellers.

Off-market when you want it, full-market when you don't. Real buyers — most of them ours — and a price you can defend.

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Tools · Investment

Run the numbers on a Rio property, honestly.

A live ten-year discounted cash-flow on an Ipanema apartment or villa — short-stay and long-let in parallel, with the BRL/USD curve modelled separately. IRR and equity multiple in three currencies. The defaults are real numbers we underwrite to.

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Selected Rio de Janeiro neighborhood ADV works in

Communities · I

Ipanema.

The address most carioca buyers want and the one most travelers think of when they think of Rio. Posto 9, Vinicius, Dois Irmãos at sunset. We work this neighborhood block by block.

Communities · II

Leblon.

Quieter than Ipanema, more expensive than Ipanema, and worth it. School-zone families, the lagoa for morning runs, and the smallest beach with the biggest reputation in the city.

Communities · III

Copacabana.

The four-kilometer arc the postcards are made of. We sell the apartments with the views and run the ocean-front coberturas as short stays.

Communities · IV

Joá.

The cliff between São Conrado and Barra. Gated villas with infinity pools and a coastline you don't share with anyone. Rio's quietest luxury address.

Communities · V

São Conrado.

Hang-glider drop zone, eighteen-hole golf course, and the only beach in Rio where you can buy a house directly on the sand. We have a handful of those.

Communities · VI

Angra dos Reis.

Two hours south of Rio and 365 islands deep — gated marinas at Frade and Portogalo, villas on the bay, and private docks. Where serious carioca families keep their second house and their boat.

Communities · VII

Búzios.

Brigitte Bardot's peninsula, two and a half hours east. Twenty-three beaches, a yacht-marina downtown, and hilltop villas with bay views. We sell the ones above Geribá and Ferradura.

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