Hotel Santa Teresa
Santa Teresa, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Location
Santa Teresa
On Rua Almirante Alexandrino in Santa Teresa, Rio's bohemian hilltop, with panoramic Guanabara Bay and Christ the Redeemer views.
Transfer
A Rio transfer
Around 10 minutes to Santos Dumont (SDU); around 20 minutes to Galeão (GIG).
Villas
42 rooms & suites
Around 42 individually designed rooms and suites with Sergio Rodrigues furniture, carved-wood jaguars and Brazilian modern art, from around 25 square metres.
Best For
Who it suits
Couples and design-and-art travellers wanting bohemian Rio.
Board Basis
Bed & breakfast
Buffet breakfast.
About the Resort
A design boutique in a Santa Teresa mansion
Hotel Santa Teresa is an Accor MGallery design boutique set in a protected historic mansion atop bohemian Santa Teresa, Rio's hilltop artists' quarter, with sweeping Guanabara Bay and Christ the Redeemer views. Around 42 individually designed rooms carry Sergio Rodrigues furniture, carved-wood jaguars and Brazilian modern art. The Michelin-listed Térèze plates local and international cooking, the storied Bar dos Descasados pours signature drinks over the view, and a garden-wrapped pool looks toward Cristo — the artistic alternative to Rio's beach hotels.
Accommodation
Rooms & suites
Around 42 individually designed rooms and suites.
Entry
Superior Room
Sleeps two. Around 25 square metres in tropical design with a soaking tub, over the gardens or the neighbourhood.
25 sqmSoaking tub
Deluxe
Deluxe King Room
Sleeps two. With a bathtub and Santa Teresa views.
Santa TeresaBathtub
Signature
Junior Suite
Sleeps two to three. Around 40 square metres with a separate lounge, over the gardens or neighbourhood.
40 sqmLounge
Unique
Design Loft
Sleeps two. With a sun deck, a sunken living room and a curved bathtub, over Santa Teresa or the bay.
Sun deckLoft
Top
Royal Suite
Sleeps two to three. Around 1,722 square feet with a living room, a grand piano and a balcony, facing Christ the Redeemer and Guanabara Bay.
1,722 sq ftCristo view
Food & Drink
Dining
Michelin-listed dining and a storied bar.
Signature
Térèze
Michelin-Guide-listed, local and international.
Bar
Bar dos Descasados
Signature drinks over the view.
Pool
The pool
Garden-wrapped, with bay views.
Wellbeing
Le Spa
Le Spa, with a heated outdoor lap pool in the gardens and sunset and bay views.
Le Spa
Within the mansion.
A garden pool
Heated, with bay views.
Cristo views
Over Guanabara Bay.
Activities & Experiences
Signature Experiences
Bohemian Rio, art and the view.
Santa Teresa
The bohemian hilltop.
Brazilian art
Through the mansion.
Térèze dining
Michelin-listed.
The garden pool
Facing Cristo.
Guanabara Bay
From the terrace.
Getting There
Location & Transfers
By road
From SDU or GIG
10 to 20 minutes by car.
On the hill
Santa Teresa
Rio's bohemian quarter.
Guest Reviews
What Our Clients Say
★★★★★
“The most extraordinary place I have ever stayed. Nothing prepares you for the depth of the silence, the beauty of the reef, or the sheer generosity of the experience.”
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★★★★★
“We’ve stayed here three times now. The house reef has no equal. The stargazing was, genuinely, one of the most moving experiences of my adult life.”
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★★★★★
“I had stayed at Four Seasons, One&Only and Velaa before visiting Hotel Santa Teresa. They are all magnificent. But this is different in a way that is hard to articulate.”
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Good to Know
Good to know
Board basis
- Bed and breakfast.
Made for couples
- And art travellers.
Setting
- A historic hilltop mansion.
Getting there
- 10 to 20 minutes from the airports.
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