Take time out from your sunbathing schedule to visit this leafy hillside neighborhood, which feels a world removed from the tourist crush of Copacabana and the sticky streets of Centro.
Ride the antique bonde (tram) over the Arcos da Lapa and up the winding cobbled streets, where you'll pass glorious colonial mansions in various states of repair and desrepair. Jump off at Largo do Guimaraes, close to a cluster of restaurants, art stores and vintage clothes shops, before drinking at legendary loal watering hole Bar do Mineriro.
Rua Professor Lélio Gama, 65
Centro
Rio's last remaining street car...
Largo do Guimaraes
Neighborhood Meeting Point...
Rua Murtinho Nobre, 169
Ruin With a View...
Rua dos Arcos
Lapa Landmark...
Rua Paschoal Carlos Magno, 99 - Santa Teresa, Rio de Janeiro - RJ, 20240-290, Brazil
Join the Locals...
Almirante Alexandrino 316-B
Santa Teresa
Delicious, Affordable Northeastern Food...
Rua Pereira da Silva, No. 286
Parte 1
Mini Marvel in the Favela...
Rua Monte Alegre 255
Leafy Retreat from the Heat...
Rua Almirante Alexandrino 3, No. 286
Showcasing Community Art...
Parque Nacional da Tijuca
Forest road closed to cars...