This part of our holiday was three nights in Rio so we decided to make a change from the beach area and stay in Santa Teresa. We stayed in one of the garden cottages at Bindu's. Arriving in the late evening we used Bindu's taxi pick up suggestion which was very easy and took any hassle out of finding the house. The reviews on trip advisor had lead me to believe the area was not particularly safe but we felt completely fine going out to the bars and restaurants in Santa Teresa at night. Bindu arranged Vinicius to be our private guide for a morning. We had a 4 hour tour of the centro area, Lapa and Santa Teresa and he was fantastic.
All in all a great place to stay in a really interesting area of Rio.