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Santa Teresa Hotel RJ — MGallery Review

A boutique hotel in a converted estate building at Rua Almirante Alexandrino 660, in Santa Teresa.

Best for

A second visitCouplesTravellers who would rather have a view and a house than a beach and a lobby

Why it stands out

The building and what it looks at. Nothing on the beaches offers a converted estate house with the whole bay underneath it.

Main trade-off

Santa Teresa scores 5.5 for walkability and 4.0 for transport, the lowest in the city on both. Everything is downhill from here and the way back is a tram or a taxi.

Why we recommend it

Best for the hill

Our pick for Santa Teresa because it occupies a converted coffee-estate building on Rua Almirante Alexandrino, the street the tram climbs, with the bay below it — which is the entire reason to accept this area's inconvenience.