The Hotel Santa Teresa is a boutique luxury hotel set in the bohemian, hilltop neighbourhood of Santa Teresa, in a beautifully converted former coffee plantation mansion. It offers characterful rooms rich with Brazilian design and craftsmanship, a lush tropical garden, a spa and a pool with sweeping views over the city and bay. Away from the beaches amid cobbled streets, artists studios and colonial charm, it provides a romantic, atmospheric and distinctly local alternative to the beachfront hotels of Rio.