Overall we liked the Castelinho38, and the service was absolutely superb. Good breakfast, great location and the hotel provided us with subway passes and umbrellas for the New Years celebration. It was also nice and clean and the staff very friendly. We were however very disappointed since we had booked the Suite Deluxe and expected an old colonial style room with a view (as the website only described the facility of having one Suite Deluxe) and instead got a modern, low ceiling room with fake wood floors and no view. The hotel said this was a new suite and priced in the same category, but it was definitely not the room we had anticipated. Especially not at that price. They did give us a small discount at check out, but we still felt a bit cheated on our nice room, and paid an incredible amount for a quite poor room. I would still recommend the place except for New Years when everything in Rio is way too expensive and so not worth it!

location, design, price, service -- perfect.

take a cab, bus or train to the beaches / christ / sugarloaf if you must -- this place is just seconds away from all the great bars & restaurants of santa teresa (sobre natural, bar do mineiro, aprazivel), yet on a quiet gated street for total quiet.

the terrace overlooking the city -- awesome.

We stayed here & enjoyed it, the place is interesting as a building, it has been well restored by Marco to create a gem. The terrace overlooking the city is fine, the breakfasts good & the staff helpful & friendly. The room we had was quite small, the bathroom tight.

At the start it seems far from the centre but S.Teresa is closer than Ipamena, we know we tried both. The whole of the area is becoming better known & there are many small places to eat.

Overall well worth staying here.

This Is a lovely place to stay, clean with very friendly and helpful staff, lovely area of rio, bars and food very close. I found the area to be very safe, no trouble at all and never felt threatened even at night. The only thing I can say against this place is that the tram no longer runs so getting up and down the very steep hill is a problem.