Hotels in Santa Teresa - Rio de Janeiro

Positiv:: A unique concept created by the Owner. Superb hospitality with personal touch! Beautifully designed villa in colonial style, in the heart of Santa Teresa. One of the best breakfast in the world. Ideal for a romantic trip. We will be back! Thank you Claudio and Gabriele :) Kasia&Bartek

Positiv:: I loved everything about this place. Pictures don’t do it justice. So beautiful and quaint. Gives a great taste of Rio. Not too far from the city, but still gives a taste of the nature. Claudio was amazing. He made our stay unforgettable. Definitely coming back here!

Positiv:: Eine kleine Oase mitten in Rio und ein richtig leckeres Frühstück!!

Positiv:: Everything was perfect : Owners & staff really nice, helpful and trying to make us feel like home, the accommodation and swimming pool were amazing with the best panoramic view of the city, rooms are well decorated and really user friendly, and the top of the top was the breakfast! Everyday a bit different, the small details really made the difference. Book it without any hesitation.

Positiv:: The property situated in a very trendy kind of alternative area of Rio which adds some charm to the mansion converted into hotel. It was a pleasure to enjoy the neighbourhood with an advise of the owners and also the facilities of the hotel. It is very stylish hotel with its own charm, morning breakfasts were beautiful. I would definitely recommend this place for someone who wants to experience Rio besides Ipanema and copacabana.

Positiv:: Only 5 bedrooms. Perfectly looked after by delightful owners. Best breakfast made freshly with the freshest ingredients. Nothing too much trouble in a great position near central Rio with breathtaking views. Hotel security first rate and lovely staff.

Positiv:: This guest house is beautiful, quiet and with a relaxing swimming pool. The hosts and the staff are very nice and friendly people who make your stay as lovely and warm as they can. The breakfast is delicious: homemade food, amazing fruits and juice ; the table service is very beautiful and the presentation/decoration with a lot of attention. It is a wonderful place to stay if you want to have peace and relax time.

Positiv:: Die Lage war wunderbar über der Stadt in Santa Teresa, herrlich um nach Besichtigungen zu entspannen. Das Frühstück war ausgezeichnet, liebevoll zurechtgemacht und wunderschön serviert. Die Gastgeber waren sehr nett und haben gute Tipps für Rio gegeben. Wunderbarer Aufenthalt, sehr zu empfehlen!

Positiv:: Casa Geranio is stunning, it is a stylish haven of tranquility in a great location. Claudio and Gabriel are so kind, genuine and helpful. The delicious breakfast is served with an exquisite attention to detail and was a feast for the eyes as well as the palette. We are already looking at when we can return.

Positiv:: Die Casa Geranio war für uns wie eine kleine Oase inmitten des Trubels von Rio im Stadtteil Santa Teresa. Die beiden Gastgeber sind sehr bemüht ihren Gästen einen schönen Aufenthalt zu bereiten und das Frühstück auf der Terrasse ist wirklich ein Highlight... Mit viel tropischen Früchten und liebe zum Detail! Ab und zu kommt auch mal ein Äffchen oder ein Kolibri vorbei. Die Bilder entsprechen 100% der schönen Unterkunft!

Positiv:: Delicious breakfasts with amazing views!

Positiv:: Breakfast, pool and view are amazing. Claudio and gabriel as well.

Positiv:: Everything, in particular the super friendly staff, warm welcome, great design, amazing restaurant for breakfast and dinner and of course the pool area with great views ofer the city. Definitely recommend staying here, especially as a couple.

Positiv:: Perfect location, great restaurant, swimming pool area is very relaxing.

Negativ:: Breakfast could be better.

Positiv:: - quiet, beautiful and very romantic place - the best breakfast I've ever had in a hotel - very comfy bed and soft linen - big room

Negativ:: - on everything (hotel, massage, restaurant) there is an extra service fee of at least 10% - at some point it just feels too much since the prices are already at the top end. - we forgot something in the hotel room and called the hotel to ask about it - they never called back :-( - TV in the room is quite small and no internet connection on it (no Netflix....)

Negativ:: Poor customer service at many times. No drinks upon my welcome. I Constantly had to contact the concierge to inform that my room needs cleaning or attending to every single day.

Positiv:: Staff , restaurant, rooms, breakfast was amazing

Positiv:: Frühstück super toll. Blick auf die Stadt

Negativ:: Fitnesscenter nicht in der Lage selbst.

Positiv:: The réception, the room and the location/view.

Negativ:: The pool area is in great need of renovation. The painting is old and the furniture is old. The service by the pool is nearly unexisting.

Positiv:: Swimming pool and bedrooms

Positiv:: Alles war BESTENS, es gibt nichts was bemängelt könnte. Sehr freundlich und entgegenkommend, Frühstück und Abendessen -beste Qualität

Negativ:: Es gibt nichts zu bemängeln

Negativ:: There were some issues in the start, such as no wifi, weird flashing light in room (all night long!) and cleaning staff forgot to make up our room. But once I talked to the staff they were super nice, understanding and made everything perfect. That really made the stay enjoyable.

Positiv:: Everything (Location, bar & pool with an amazing view, delicious breakfast, very beautiful & clean rooms etc.) We would love to come back!

Negativ:: Partly very slow service: - it took us 3 days to get a confirmation for a spa treatment, despite several requests from our side - proper reparation of the toilet in our room took a while as only quick fixes were done, which didn‘t solve the problem. Finally, a proper technician was send. - next shift was not informed about the luggage that was stored for us Etc. Those issues were more connected to the afternoon hotel-crew. They were friendly, but show lot of gaps by taking care of what was requested. Compared to that the Morning-Hotel-Crew seemed to be more professional/ experienced in serving their guests properly. Super friendly, pro-active and flexible. No complains here.

Positiv:: Great hotel. Great pool. Great staff.

Positiv:: A beautiful villa from 1904, tastefully decorated and restored, making you want to stay forever. We were immediately caught by the great atmosphere of this location - highly recommended if you’re looking for a place that makes your stay in Rio even more special.

Positiv:: Dieses Haus ist ein Juwel. Superschön eingerichtete alte Stadtville, sehr freundliche und hilfsbereite Leute, ideale Lage (ruhig und doch zentral in Santa Teresa), gutes Essen, tolle Zimmer (gute Betten, Klimaanlage, tolle Ausblicke in Natur und Stadt), lecker Essen

Positiv:: I loved the style of the house, the lay-out. The internet worked well, the house had great potential for making the pool a little more user friendly, perhaps a snack bar or drinks. A TV in the rooms would be an added benefit or even a communal TV room/internet cafe

Negativ:: The house is a little ragaty round the edges and could do with some maintenance. It was lacking in access to refreshments, I know they offer an airport shuttle but the price is expensive. Having to pay and extra R$50 for checking in between 21:00 - 23:00 & not being able to check in after 23:00 is very out dated in this day and age. Especially after a long days travel or a flight delay which is out of the customers hands. When we arrived the door bell from the street to the reception area didn't work. The following night when we returned from a night out we found a customer waiting on the door step. A female alone at 23:00, just because the door bell didn't work. That's after we informed the receptionist 24hrs earlier that the bell didn't work.

Positiv:: The breakfast was lovely and the staff were very friendly. I got some good advise on local sightseeing and I felt that they wanted me to have a pleasant stay in Rio. The old building has some beautiful features.

Negativ:: The standard of the room was very disappointing and restoration was bad. The room wasn’t cleaned to a good standard and some parts were filthy. The bath in the room couldn’t be used and there was only a high fixed head shower which shot water out in every direction. (Though the water was hot.) I paid for extra services I used on departure but was charged again to my card. I felt that the price was very high for the standard and I could have got much better value and better quality of room elsewhere.

Positiv:: The house was beautifully decorated and very calm - a perfect escape from the hustle and bustle of Rio.

Negativ:: Nothing

Positiv:: A beautiful 1904 home. Room on a lovely garden. Pool so refreshing. The bed was the best. A made to order breakfast tasty. Would recommend to family and friends.

Negativ:: Felt a bit secluded.

Positiv:: Authentic house

Negativ:: Breakfast is OK, but not great and it is served only at 8:00. If you like to rise early to go out, it is a pity to have to wait for breakfast. We had the top room and the odd thing is that you can only reach that room through the use of an elevator - which makes you feel a bit disconnected from the rest of the hotel. I´d recommend the other rooms.

Positiv:: The building and interior was amazing, and also the host made me feel very welcomed

Negativ:: Loud music from the hostel near by on weekends might disturb some ealderly guests. Not me Im used to it

Positiv:: Great location and beautiful old home in Santa Theresa, but still walkable to Lapa and lots of restaurants and nightlife. The view from the pool was gorgeous. We thoroughly enjoyed our stay here.

Positiv:: Bett sehr bequem, gutes Frühstück, sehr sauber und freundlich - ein haus mit Stil, wunderschön gepflegt

Negativ:: Man isst auf Buss oder über angewiesen, aber kein problem

Positiv:: A truly beautiful oasis in the city. The interior is gorgeous, down to the smallest detail. It is light and airy and quiet. It truly is my new home from home in Brazil. The pool is clean and cool. Perfection!

Negativ:: Nothing.

Positiv:: Frühstück sehr gut, sehr netter Service, sehr Lösungsorientiert. Konnten nach dem check out abends noch duschen

Negativ:: Zimmer leider recht dunkel,

Positiv:: Amazing view over Rio, beautiful garden. There was a Jacuzzi which we could use in the evening with the amazing view. Definitely would come back, just not at that floor with the air con. The location is nice to explore santa Teresa, such an amazing neighbourhood.

Negativ:: The heat exchanger of the air con in the corridor in front of the room were pretty loud. That was pretty annoying, but there were no other rooms available anymore.

Positiv:: Very well located close to restaurants and bars. Very welcoming personal always willing to help. The room just perfectly matched my expectations and the view is not bad at all.

Negativ:: A bit sad they didn't have a bar.

Positiv:: The staf was great

Positiv:: Large room. Andrea & Ivo great.

Negativ:: No pool.

Positiv:: Das Hotel liegt am Berg, sehr ruhig....gute Ausgehmöglichkeiten am Abend...gute Anbindung an das Busnetz von Rio...das Verwalterehepaar des Hotels ist sehr nett und hilfsbereit...das Frühstück ist bei dem Hotelpreis bemerkenswert gut...schöner Garten und Whirlpool mit Blick über die ganze Stadt...

Negativ:: es wäre hilfreich gewesen, wenn jemand vom Hotel ein bisschen englisch könnte

Positiv:: Place was comfortable, clean, great coffee at breakfast, fantastic location, great views and outdoor areas. Evo was fantastic, very helpful even though we did not speak the same language. Loved this place.

Negativ:: The place is in need of a spruce up. Would have been nice to have the pool, but the spa pool was a good substitute.

Positiv:: I didn't like anything about this place.

Negativ:: Check-in was slow and awkward, and I have to see if they charged me twice because it said at Booking.com that I was going to be charged for 50% beforehand—not clear at all. The whole place was deserted and stuff was pilling up in corners at the back of the “so-called hotel”, dirt and leaves everywhere. There was no swimming pool and we found out it was replaced with a hot tub, but even that wasn’t working: it was empty. Everything was dirty, smelly corridors, like the whole place, was abandoned for more than a month. Sheets and towels were stained and not of decent quality, actually disgusting. The AC was leaking water on my pillow and luckily they fixed it. We made a reservation for 2 adults and one child and they gave us 2 towels, no shampoo, so absolutely everything was off. When you get into the room you find no water, no glasses, no coffee cups of coffee pods for the next day. Mediocre breakfast. Everything on the hotel description is either a lie or it just doesn’t live to any expectations and it is weird that people leave good comments about this place as it is in ruins. The person who’s around is a nice person but spoke neither Spanish nor English. They do not speak any language but they advertise it... The photos don't show the reality of the hostel. It feels like they are going out of business. There are better hotels around for the same price. In fact, I stayed at another hotel not far from this hostel the previous week, and everything was better for the same price.

Positiv:: Die Aussicht

Negativ:: Das Zimmer unserer Töchter roch extrem muffig und bei genauem Betrachten der Tapete sahen wir, dass die ganze Wand voller Schimmel war.... Es war aber nicht möglich das mit dem Personal zu besprechen, denn obwohl sie sehr nett waren, konnte niemand Englisch. Writers waren beide Zimmer nicht wirklich sauber. Das Preis Leistungs Verhältnis passte nicht. Es wirkt alles sehr heruntergekommenen....

Negativ:: Bedroom smelt like it had been closed for a long time and not properly cleaned. There was no housekeeping (no new towels, etc). and the hotel was more like a hostel then an actual hotel. Jacuzzi was completely dirty and unusable.

Negativ:: Simple breakfast

Positiv:: Die Lage ist gut. Die Aussicht.

Negativ:: Insgesamt macht das Hotel keinen guten Eindruck. Die Zimmer sind klein, die Luft ist muffig. WC und Dusche sind in das Zimmer integriert und mit minimalem Sichtschutz abgetrennt. Die Wände zum Nachbarzimmer sind so dünn, dass man alle Geräusche aus dem WC nebenan wahrnehmen kann. Die Klimageräte anderer Zimmer liegen innen im Flur und sind ständig wahrnehmbar. Die Außenanlage wäre ganz schön, wenn Sie gepflegter wäre. Der Boden unseres Zimmers war nicht sauber. Ich hätte diese Punkte gerne persönlich angebracht, jedoch war die Rezeption ständig nicht besetzt, beim auschecken war der Herr zwar sehr freundlich, auf Grund sprachlicher Barrieren konnten diese Punkte nicht übermittelt werden. Beim Check-in war zwar eine englischsprachige Dame anwesend, diese war offensichtlich sehr lustlos. Wir waren schon mehrfach in Santa Teresa, es gibt dort deutlich bessere und günstigere Unterkünfte. Keine Empfehlung!

Positiv:: Outdoor area was nice

Negativ:: Did not have a pool, no restaurant, no breakfast, little english quite far and steep hills to walk to downtown and amenities

Positiv:: The hotel worth its price. Room cleaning was every day, you can eat in the evening in the hotel's buffet, big parking, wi-fi was not perfect but usable... Location (almost near the city center) is the plus and minus at the same time. The nearest beach is in 20 minuits by foot (and it is not the best beach in Rio), but touristic attractions and a metro station are close. Be ready that its neighborhood will go crazy during the Carnaval.

Negativ:: Nobody speaks English, only Portuguese or Spanish... Breakfast is the same every day. The food itself is good, but every day the same ham, cheese, fruits and omelette...

Positiv:: The room was clean the airconditioner worked, the beds were good!

Negativ:: The street is pretty dangerous, would only recommend for a party weekend.

Negativ:: Dirty bed sheets

Positiv:: Everything good

Positiv:: Very welcoming staff, nice breakfast, central location.

Positiv:: The place is near a nice and sometimes dangerous place of the city. There are a lot of tourist around there. Was easy to handle the booking with hotel staff.

Negativ:: The room was quite old and a little bit dirty.

Positiv:: The breakfast was really good, and for the price we paid the location and accommodations were incredible.

Negativ:: The receptionist was kind of awful, she told us the check in was at 13:00 so we came back at that time, and she with a very rude tone told us to sit and that she will call us. We don't speak Portuguese and she wasn't making an effort for us to understand her (We do speak Spanish so if you speak slowly we can get some bits). We wait for more than half an hour, and I stood up to ask her if everything was ready and it was. She never called us back!

Positiv:: gute Lage im Zentrum (Lapa) Sehr freundliches Personal. Mobiliar eher bescheiden.

Positiv:: Had a layover and this place is perfect for a short stay. Affordable, great rooms, early check-in, fantastic cheap restaurant.. what more can I say? 10/10 for this place.

Positiv:: Loved the location situated in the middle of Lapa near to the arches!

Positiv:: good location for visit Rio, next to Lapa for funny nights

Negativ:: Staff doesn't speak English... or just few words.... the director has to improve that