The Bar/Lounge at Santa Teresa Hotel RJ - MGallery

"There is an outdoor swimming pool in the garden planted with jasmine, a spa, a restaurant, and a terrace bar with superb city views"

"With a location in the heart of Santa Teresa, the hotel is just steps away from the neighborhood's many bars, restaurants, and crafts shops"

"When you’ve had enough sambaing and cachaça shots and doing as the cariocas (locals) do, unwind at Le Spa with a locally inspired treatment and then slip onto a day-lounger draped under a wild linen canopy"

"Probably the finest boutique hotel in Rio, it's set in a lavishly restored building (part of a coffee plantation in the 19th century) with artfully designed rooms, an award-winning restaurant, a full-service spa, a stylish bar and a pool with fine views over the city"

"The restaurant is excellent, the bar offers a wonderful setting for a sunset caipirinha, and the spa service is comprehensive, all within one of the city's most charming and traditional neighbourhoods"

"Take a swim in the green slate swimming pool, sample a caipirinha de maracujá (passionfruit and cachaça cocktail) on the terrace bar, and explore the hip Santa Teresa neighborhood, full of restored mansions and music-filled bars"

"The hotel’s glam pool — there’s a Veuve Clicquot champagne bar — is surrounded by tropical gardens, and is lined with dark slate"

"It features gorgeous tropical decor, which includes bright cabanas in the lounge, lots of lush greenery (by the pool, on the grounds), tiled mosaics, and island-themed bed runners in the rooms"

"Amenities to entertain guests include high-speed Internet access free of charge, flat-screen cable TVs, stereo systems, minibars, and safes for storing a laptop when not in the room"

"On Sunday afternoon we discovered that the city-gazing swimming pool and Jacuzzi is the place where cariocas meet over a glass of champagne (at the Veuve Clicquot bar) to compare their suntans"