we spent some incredible time at Theresa's house! situated in Rio's best neighborhood, Santa Teresa, Theresa's house is right in the middle of all the nice places for eating and drinking. Rio's center's right down the hill, Ipanema just a couple of metro stops and even though the beautiful old Santa Teresa's tram's still not functional, you can easily get back from town using a van, it's what the local's do!
The pool house we were staying at is newly rebuild with all those appreciable design details, the pool is the extra asset we enjoyed so much, Theresa and her daughter are great hosts we are so glad to have met!
We highly recommend Rio Gaia and would come back any time again! Thanks Theresa!