I'm Fernanda — I'll Take You to Santa Teresa's Botecos and the Rio That Doesn't Face the Beach
📍 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
About This Experience
My name is Fernanda and I grew up in Santa Teresa, which is the neighbourhood in Rio built on a hill above the city where the artists and bohemians have lived since the 1920s. Rio's best food is not in the beachfront restaurants. It is in the botecos — the neighbourhood bars that serve cold chopp (draft beer), grilled chicken hearts on a skewer, and bolinho de bacalhau that arrives hot from the fryer — and in the Saturday feira markets where the city buys its produce. I take groups through Santa Teresa across an afternoon: a boteco crawl with three stops, a ride on the historic Santa Teresa tram, and a viewpoint above the city where you can see the layout of Rio and understand why the city is shaped the way it is. We eat the whole way.
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Fernanda Costa ✓ Verified
I grew up in Santa Teresa, the hillside neighbourhood in Rio that artists and musicians have lived in for 100 years, before it became fashionable again. My mother ran a small bar that served caipirinhas and petiscos (bar snacks) until late every night. Rio's food culture lives in the boteco bars — the neighbourhood bars that serve cold beer, grilled chicken hearts, and bolinho de bacalhau (salt cod fritters) — and in the feira street markets that set up every weekend in every neighbourhood. The version sold near Copacabana is a performance. The real city eats elsewhere.
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How long is "I'm Fernanda — I'll Take You to Santa Teresa's Botecos and the Rio That Doesn't Face the Beach"?
This experience lasts approximately 3.5 hours.
How much does "I'm Fernanda — I'll Take You to Santa Teresa's Botecos and the Rio That Doesn't Face the Beach" cost?
It's $15 per person. You book and message your guide in the Local Guide app.
What languages is it offered in?
Fernanda Costa hosts this experience in Portuguese, English.
Who is my guide?
Fernanda Costa, a verified local guide. I grew up in Santa Teresa, the hillside neighbourhood in Rio that artists and musicians have lived in for 100 years, before it became fashionable again. My mother ran a small bar t
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