Free Tour - Santa Teresa - Art and Politics

The bohemian heart of Rio de Janeiro awaits you. During the free tour of the Santa Teresa neighborhood you will discover beautiful mansions, cute yellow trams and numerous urban art murals. We will board a public bus to head towards this neighborhood. The journey will take us approximately 15 minutes. We will begin to walk through its cobbled streets while we chat about the history of this area. Did you know that its bohemian fame comes from the wave of artists who moved here in the sixties? During the tour we will enjoy privileged views of the popular Christ the Redeemer in Rio de Janeiro. Between colonial houses, palaces and the passage of the famous yellow trams of the Santa Teresa neighborhood, we will arrive at Parque das Ruinas. There we can enter the house of Laurinda Santos Lobo, a mansion abandoned more than 50 years ago that once represented the splendor of the Brazilian belle époque. The space, which has been rehabilitated, will offer us a spectacular panoramic view of Rio de Janeiro and will show us what life was like in the ancient Empire of Brazil. A walk through the main urban art murals will not be missing on this guided tour. Let us remember that we are in a place full of artists.