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The house is located on the Santa Teresa neighborhood, a place of poets, writers, musicians and painters which all are attracted by the rural landscape that is surrounded by the nice traditional architecture and the lovely climate.

It is a unique quarter in Rio de Janeiro that preserves the "bondinho" (the tram).]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/19335 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/18886 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/18886 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/17977
We stayed in St Theresa. There are great authentic restaurants, cafes etc. The architecture is colonial Portuguese. And best of all, to get down into Rio centre you take a tram down the 3:1 slope, this too is 100 years old, and it feels like it.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/17977 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/17306 JardimBotanicoalso invites us to have some meditation: it’s great!

A wonderful place to be considered when visiting Rio: it's worth it!]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/17306 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/2926
It is a very especial place and a great escape if you have had enough of the beach. The building is very especial, it is featured in the video of Snoop Dogg and Pharrell's song "Beautiful" and it is also the last building you see in the video for the Black Eyed Peas'song "Don't Lie", both filmed in Rio.

The building, that now houses a centre for young artist, is crying out to be turned into a fantastic museum, and the gardens are actually the beginning of a trail that goes through the rainforest all the way up to the Christ. The last time I was there we didnt go very far because we were warned there were "bandidos" (muggers), but we didn't have to walk long before we had some macaco monkeys throwing mangoes at us. Do a search in Google images and have a look.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/2926 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/2564
Rent a bike in Ipanema and pedal all the way up to Gloria and back. Don't forget to take in Urca. It's flat, safe (95% bike paths) and very cool; you'll need about four hours if you take it easy (how else?); you'll see a great cross section of Rio people and the view on the way back is quite different from the view on the way there.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/2564 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/5956 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/5956