The Rio 2016 Olympic village in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, was unveiled to the media on June 23 to mark Olympic Day. LI MING FOR CHINA DAILY

The Rio 2016 athletes' village was unveiled to international media on June 23 as the city ramped up final preparations for this year's Summer Olympic Games.

The event coincided with Olympic Day — the official anniversary of the International Olympic Committee — and marked one month almost to the day before the first athletes are expected to start arriving at the complex.

The Olympic and Paralympic village consists of 31 apartment buildings, some as high as 17 stories. In total, they house 3,604 apartments, which will be home to more than 17,000 athletes and officials during the Olympics and 6,000 during the Paralympics.

The village will be more than just a place to sleep for athletes and their entourages. During the games, it will be a real home where people can relax, work out and access any day-to-day services they might need without having to leave the site.

The village includes a 24-hour gym, a multi-faith centre, a florist, convenience stores, bank, post office, hairdresser and beauty salon. A vast food hall will serve more than 60,000 meals a day during the games.

The complex also contains a large recreation area with videogames, musical instruments and tables for snooker and ping pong.

Olympic sponsors have played their part in bringing the latest creature comforts to the site: Technogym has installed a state-of-the-art gym, P&G will be managing a beauty salon and Samsung will provide each athlete with a free smartphone.

According to village director Mario Cilenti, a training program for village volunteers will be held next week.

"Having a well-prepared team is fundamental to the success of the village," Cilenti told Rio2016.com.

Cilenti, whose first job at an athletes' village was at the 2000 Sydney Olympics, says that every Olympic village is a little bit different and reflects the culture of the host country. "Beijing was perfect, everything worked very well but with a very Chinese style,” he explained. “There were two main roads parallel to each other. In Rio, we will have palm trees, a park, swimming pools and kiosks."