“Hop aboard the rickety old tram and ride up the picturesque, cobble-stoned Santa Teresa hill. What awaits is, as one enthusiastic visitor proclaimed “the best hotel in Rio - you can keep your glitzy Copacabana Palace or Hotel Fasano”. Their rival may not be on the beachfront, but it easily compares, with its ethnic, tropical-chic design and out-of-town oasis pool and spa and its magnificent, panoramic views of the city. The adjoining restaurant ‘Tereze’ serves gourmet French-Brazilian gastronomy by chef Damien Montecer and the verandah rooms are a must-have. Be sure to soak up the live Bossa Nova vibe at the one of the nearby cafés.”

Written by  Alexander Duncan

They say

“More than an extraordinary hotel, the Hotel Santa Teresa offers peace-of-mind and safety to all guests with tropical gardens, panoramic pools, complete Natura SPA, a lounge bar classified as the most romantic in Rio de Janeiro and Térèze Restaurant with Franco-Brazilian gastronomy by Chef Damien Montecer. The decoration and architecture design of the hotel was inspired by the golden ages of coffee and cocoa, in the search for sophistication and elegance through the use of noble and ecological material from the land and culture of Brazil.”