Guidebook for Rio de Janeiro

Ana & Sean
Guidebook for Rio de Janeiro

Food Scene

Great imported beer on tap. Excellent Central European food, although a bit pricey. Next door is a small grocery, a cafe-restaurant, and hair and nail salon, and post office.
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Mike's Haus
1458 Rua Almirante Alexandrino
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Great imported beer on tap. Excellent Central European food, although a bit pricey. Next door is a small grocery, a cafe-restaurant, and hair and nail salon, and post office.
Traditional, local establishment serving hearty comfort food from Minas Gerais and cold beer and cachaça. A very popular spot in Santa.
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Bar do Mineiro
99 Rua Paschoal Carlos Magno
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Traditional, local establishment serving hearty comfort food from Minas Gerais and cold beer and cachaça. A very popular spot in Santa.
Cafe, restaurant, bar. Superb location. Very pleasant. Nice food. Better-than-usual coffee and beer on tap. Excellent choice for breakfast, snack, lunch, or a cold one.
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Cafecito Café
121 Rua Paschoal Carlos Magno
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Cafe, restaurant, bar. Superb location. Very pleasant. Nice food. Better-than-usual coffee and beer on tap. Excellent choice for breakfast, snack, lunch, or a cold one.
Nice restaurant; great location. Not cheap. A bit innovative in the dishes, although they seem to use a lot of sugar as seasoning.
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Espírito Santa
264 R. Alm. Alexandrino
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Nice restaurant; great location. Not cheap. A bit innovative in the dishes, although they seem to use a lot of sugar as seasoning.
Amazing bakery in private home. Ring the bell during the week to purchase breads, sweetbreads, granola. Sunday's from 9 to 1pm the owner (Ana) serves an AMAZING buffet breakfast for R$35 per person.
Rua Almirante Alexandrino
Rua Almirante Alexandrino
Amazing bakery in private home. Ring the bell during the week to purchase breads, sweetbreads, granola. Sunday's from 9 to 1pm the owner (Ana) serves an AMAZING buffet breakfast for R$35 per person.
Our local sushi restaurant. Great location in Largo dos Guimarães. Not cheap, however.
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Sansushi
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Our local sushi restaurant. Great location in Largo dos Guimarães. Not cheap, however.
Tasty steaks. A meat n potatoes kind of restaurant. Try the steak with mushroom and onion sauce.
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Adega do Pimenta
296 R. Alm. Alexandrino
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Tasty steaks. A meat n potatoes kind of restaurant. Try the steak with mushroom and onion sauce.
If you can afford it, Congratulations! A delightful location and a favorite among visiting VIPs.
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Aprazível
62 R. Aprazível
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If you can afford it, Congratulations! A delightful location and a favorite among visiting VIPs.
To return to the house by bus or taxi, catch the 006 or 007 or microbus (going to Dois Irmaos) here, Gomes Freire almost corner w Riachuelo. Catch taxis going up Santa Teresa here as well.
Av. Gomes Freire, 822
822 Avenida Gomes Freire
To return to the house by bus or taxi, catch the 006 or 007 or microbus (going to Dois Irmaos) here, Gomes Freire almost corner w Riachuelo. Catch taxis going up Santa Teresa here as well.

Drinks & Nightlife

Traditional Carioca "botequim". Great atmosphere. Go for a cold one and some traditional local bar food.
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Armazém São Thiago
26 R. Áurea
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Traditional Carioca "botequim". Great atmosphere. Go for a cold one and some traditional local bar food.
Located inside the chic, luxurious Hotel Santa Teresa. Stop here for a drink and enjoy the photogenic poolside setting.
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Bar Dos Descasados
15 R. Felício dos Santos
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Located inside the chic, luxurious Hotel Santa Teresa. Stop here for a drink and enjoy the photogenic poolside setting.

Essentials

Local grocery also functions as a kind of deli-cafe. Next door you will find a nice cafe-restaurant, Bar do Bonde. Live jazz on wknds. Thurs to Sunday evenings there is also Acarajé next door.
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Ora Pro Nobis
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Local grocery also functions as a kind of deli-cafe. Next door you will find a nice cafe-restaurant, Bar do Bonde. Live jazz on wknds. Thurs to Sunday evenings there is also Acarajé next door.
This is the supermarket where most Santa Teresa residents shop. Big and relatively good prices.
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Supermercados Mundial
192/194 R. Riachuelo
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This is the supermarket where most Santa Teresa residents shop. Big and relatively good prices.

Everything Else

Here you have everything: subway station, buses, grocery, fast food. Catch the microbus to top of Santa Teresa from church-end of the square. Get microbus going to Silvestre, get off Alm. Alexandrino
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40 station Largo do Machado
Largo do Machado
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Here you have everything: subway station, buses, grocery, fast food. Catch the microbus to top of Santa Teresa from church-end of the square. Get microbus going to Silvestre, get off Alm. Alexandrino
Nearest subway. From the house, catch any bus that passes (going downtown, to your right--there are only two busses, 006 and 007, sometimes labeled 206 & 207). Get off at Riachuelo street in Lapa.
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Cinelândia
Praça Floriano
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Nearest subway. From the house, catch any bus that passes (going downtown, to your right--there are only two busses, 006 and 007, sometimes labeled 206 & 207). Get off at Riachuelo street in Lapa.
Another subway station, center of downtown (called Centro). Catch 006 and get off here near the Petrobras building.
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Largo da Carioca
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Another subway station, center of downtown (called Centro). Catch 006 and get off here near the Petrobras building.
One of the very bet places in Rio to hear live samba and dance. A beautiful, refurbished 18th century building.
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Trapiche Gamboa
155 Praça Mauá
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One of the very bet places in Rio to hear live samba and dance. A beautiful, refurbished 18th century building.
An amazing place to hear live samba and forró. Trust me, you will be very happy with the music and the ambience.
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Centro
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An amazing place to hear live samba and forró. Trust me, you will be very happy with the music and the ambience.
Need cash? Bank machines that accept most N American and European bank cards (Star, Cirrus, Visa, etc.) Also look for Banco 24 Horas and Citi-bank locations to get cash.
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Bradesco
583 Av. Nossa Sra. de Copacabana
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Need cash? Bank machines that accept most N American and European bank cards (Star, Cirrus, Visa, etc.) Also look for Banco 24 Horas and Citi-bank locations to get cash.
Need cash from a bank machine? Try this one. Accepts most cards.
HSBC Bank Brasil S/A-Banco Múltiplo
Need cash from a bank machine? Try this one. Accepts most cards.
several nice, traditional Rio "botequim" are located here. Come at night and have a beer and petiscos (traditional bar food) at one of the bars surrounding this charming neighborhood square.
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Largo das Neves
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several nice, traditional Rio "botequim" are located here. Come at night and have a beer and petiscos (traditional bar food) at one of the bars surrounding this charming neighborhood square.

Sightseeing

nice park to visit in Santa Teresa. Great views, pleasant walking. There's a lovely 19th- to- modern art museum next door as well.
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Парк руин
169 R. Murtinho Nobre
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nice park to visit in Santa Teresa. Great views, pleasant walking. There's a lovely 19th- to- modern art museum next door as well.
Currently the world famous Maracaná stadium is under remodel, so you won't be able to see any games here until the World Cup, but you can still take a tour
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Маракана
Portão 3 Av. Pres. Castelo Branco
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Currently the world famous Maracaná stadium is under remodel, so you won't be able to see any games here until the World Cup, but you can still take a tour