Alessandro Araujo

Vila Santa Teresa

Originally built in the 1920's, the private estate offers a window into a by-gone era while soaring above priceless views of Rio de Janeiro's infamous Sugarloaf Mountain and glistening Guanabara Bay. Newly renovated and opened in 2017, Vila Santa Teresa combines the luxuries of a beautiful private villa with a boutique hotel in the heart of the bohemian Santa Teresa district. There are seven luxuriously kept bedrooms, each of which with an en suite bathroom. Expertise lay in creating intimate experiences for guests across the estate, be it a stroll through rows of imperial palm trees to the organic vegetable garden, enjoying a private yoga class followed by a personalized Aryuvedic lunch, or an intimate candle-lit dinner set in the garden overlooking the ocean. Conceived by hospitality specialist, Eva Monteiro de Carvalho, Vila Santa Teresa's uniquely personalized service earned its feature in Condé Nast's 2016 Hot List and Forbes magazine.