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Largo das Neves
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Detail of Ladeira do Selarón
Santa Teresa and Lapa
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HARMING ARCHITECTURE, COBBLED STREETS,
and a sense of community
spirit give Santa Teresa, located on top of a hill overlooking Rio de
Janeiro, an identity that is all its own. This unique character coupled with the
superb panoramas out over Guanabara Bay and Centro have made the area
popular with both tourists and locals. A tram and a series of brilliantly
colored mosaic steps connect Santa Teresa with its neighbor, Lapa, at the
foot of the hill. Only ten years ago, Lapa was a
destitute area whose crumbling colonial buildings
were home only to Rio's deprived. A renaissance
that began in the late 1990s, inspired by the return
of the Circo Voador music club, has transformed
this district into the city's hottest nightspot. There
is nowhere better for live Brazilian music than in
the many
botecos
here, or beneath the Arcos da
Lapa on Friday and Saturday nights.
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A tram in Santa Teresa
Sights
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Tram Rides
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Largo das Neves
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Largo dos Guimarães
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Chácara do Céu
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Museu Casa
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Convento de
Santa Teresa
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Arcos da Lapa
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Ladeira do Selarón
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