Delux Palmeira

Our new Delux Suite Palmeira is offering a wide mezzanine, with panoramic window and huge bathroom downstairs, a comfortable queen size bed and Air Conditioning facilities upstairs.


Ideal for honeymoon, business and executive stay, the Palmeira Delux combines old high ceiling (almost 8meters) with stunning views over the city centre, santa teresa and Guanabara Bay.

The special stair to climb was first designed by Santos Dumont for its summer residence and it is known as "the enchanted".
Palmeira is the main tree we have at the entrance of the hotel, and together with Mangueira is now the most "exclusive" room in our premises. Check it out!!

High Life-British Airways Mag

If you happen to fly with British Airways, on their on board magazine High Life of October, you ll find a page reveling "the secrets" of Rio de Janeiro. Several "locals" have been given their tips of what to do, where to go, what to eat....when it comes to the item "where to sleep" the actor and poet Michel Melamed has mentioned Castelinho38 as the best secret hotel in town...
Keep it quite, it s a secret!!

Madonna in Rio

Special guest of the city of Rio de Janeiro, followed constantly by bodyguards and police special troops, Mains politicians and businessmen at her disposal and of course hundreds of Paparazzi and thousand of crazy fans at the door of her hotel....which is not C38 i can tell...Madonna came to meet Jesus?? or is she really mean to invest in a children social project in the favelas?
Whatever it is Rio has stop for her and turn the light down...

Carolina Dieckmann

C38 received a Brazilian TV Star during a very "hot" afternoon, here some backstage pics from the photo shooting for next month Front Page of CONTIGO Magazine...


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Panorama 09

Panorama Contemporary Dance Festival started last night its 18th edition with a great show of the Ballet de Lorraine in Joao Caetano Theatre, downtown in Rio.
This festival is bringing the best of the contemporary dance scene and improving each year in terms of professionalism of the organization and quality of the shows.


As an intervention in the city, Panorama confirms to be a festival for all audiences that goes to places where dance usually does not, like the North and West Zones and the neighbor cities. More than 30 attractions in 11 days, a marathon that is already part of the cultural calendar of Rio.


Directors Edu Bonito e Nayse Lopez and all the staff did again a great job, congratulation and all the support from C38!

Sunday Brunch

Every second sunday "Casa do Barista" opens its doors to visitors for a spectacular breakfast and brunch here in Santa Teresa. Mestre Emilio Rodrigues is welcoming everybody with special coffees and freshly baked breds and cakes.


The Casa do Barista is a lovely place full of charm and history, from the coffee plantations of Brasil to the most modern expresso machines and techniques. The view over the Guanabara Bay and Sugar Loft is spectacular.


On the top of that, Viva Labuta - a great young brasilian band - perfomes lives for the guests, their own songs and music, in a great atmosphere of acustic guitars and modern rythms, which fills hearts and souls of the presents. Check it out!!