Coldplay in RIO

Last sunday at Sambodrome the tour "Viva la Vida" of COLDPLAY has arrived to performe for their brazilian fans. The arrival of the english band happened just when the hot summer of 40 degrees ended and temperatures dropped untill 19...a real coldplay for cariocas.

The brazilian tour has been organized by the production company Time for Fun, where our previous manager Fabio is now working. Despite the rain the show has been a success and the crowd enjoyed the band perfomance of 2h30. Rio is finally getting back to a world artistic and music circuit, so we really hope to see big names of music and art performing soon.
We didn t get to the show, the cheapest price was above 100 Euro..

Premio MATTADOR

During Xmas we had the pleasure to host Laura Modolo, a contemporary artist from Trieste during her first (but not last) visit in Brazil. Laura is promoting the first international prize called "Mattador" for young screenplay writers, dedicated to her son Matteo Caenazzo, who recently passed away.


The last term valid to endorse the script is 15th of April 2010.
The price will be given on the 17th of July in the theater "La Fenice" in Venice.
To know more about the competition check the page: www.premiomattador.it

Star World Championship

This is a great news for all the sailing lovers and unique opportunity to follow the best sailors worldwide: Over 80 teams are registered for the 2010 Star World Championship, which takes place from 12-23 January.


International teams have been training in Rio for months and are praying to the statue of Christ the Redeemer on Corcovado mountain that theirs will be the team to wrest the title from 2009 World Champions George Szabo and Rick Peters (USA).


In addition to taking home the Star World Championship Trophy, one of the most coveted in all of sailing, the winning skipper is awarded the honor of displaying a gold star on his main sail.
Brazilian teams are going in forces to win the title in the local winds and waters...good wind!


for more information check this link: http://www.sailing.org/star-worlds-2010.php

Residence Monte Alegre

With the arrival of 2010 a new option of accommodation has born in Rio- Santa Teresa, not far from C38, it is an old house just renovated and refurbished after 6 months of works and transformed in 7 small studios-flats units.

Residence Monte Alegre welcomes those who are looking for a long-term stay in town, providing all the necessary infrastructure such as en-suite bathrooms, kitchen and fridge facilities.
All units are independents and all different to each other conserving an ancient charm on the wooden floors, stairs and ceiling.

Several common areas, as big patio in the back and the varanda at the entrance overlooking one of the most characteristic street of Santa Teresa, with the "bonde"(electric tram) strolling just in front of the house, as well as local shops and bars are at walking distance.

Residence Monte Alegre is the right opiton for those who want to be indipendent and self catering in Rio, with all the recommendations of C38 staff. To know more about it just visit this blog: http://residencemontealegre.blogspot.com/

Master Suite LIMOEIRO

Our old mini-apartement Limoeiro has been recently improved and transformed in a Master Suite, still a mezanine but now with two queen size beds and a little bathroom, a staircase is taking on the second level.

The room is ideal small groups or families, or for those who like to have their own big bed and can share a room.
The special stair to climb was first designed by Santos Dumont for its summer residence and it is known as "the enchanted".


Limoeiro Master suites has Air Conditioning facility and a nice view over the rua triunfo and the south tower of Castelinho38. Merry Christmas, Feliz Natal!!!

Xmas time

Merry Christmas to all and happy holiday season from all Castelinho38 staff. We d like here o wish a great Xmas to our guests and friends, while Europe and North America have been hit by a very cold front, here the summer has just started...and the living it is easy...

RIO Capital of Football

Flamengo is the champion of this year Brasilian Football, the last match of the season has been dramatically important to define who is going to be the king of football among 4 teams( Flamengo,Sao Paulo, Palmeiras and Cruzeiro ).

Flamengo got the title winning 2 x 1 the home game against Gremio (Porto Alegre) with Maracana Stadium completely packed of supporters. After 17 years "Mengo" got its 6th title.
At the same time 2 others traditional teams of RIO were struggling to survive in the First Division, Botafogo beat Palmeiras at home and guarantee his place in the top of brazilian football.


Fluminense F.C. got a terrible match in Curitiba, where both teams were depending on a good result to survive, the 1 x 1 has been enough for the heroes of "tricolor" who made the greatest stripes of 11 positive results(7 victories and 4 drows) for a team that had 98% of been declassed in the middle of the season . According to the players and the specialists of football a fundamental role has been played by Fluminense supporters that has always believed and carried the team. Rio de Janeiro is the capital of Football and sunday 6th of december will be remembered for long time.

Gardi Hutter

A really special guest at Castelinho38 has her premiere today, at 9:00 p.m, at Caixa Cultural – Rio de Janeiro, with the solo play “The point“.

Arriving in Brasil after a long tournee all over Europe during November, Gardi Hutter with her caracter “Joana“. Actress in comic theatre productions, solo shows, clown theatre, 12 culural awards, 24 countries visited in tour with more than 2.800 presentacions, internacional reference in Clown art : www.gardihutter.com ; Gardi arrived at Castelinho38 thanks to Pedro de Freitas from Periplo Production, who has already came several times with different artists and theatre productions.

Information for the show:

de 03 a 06 de dezembro (de quinta a sábado às 21h e domingo às 20h)

Caixa Cultural – Teatro Nelson Rodrigues

Av. Chile, 230 – Centro

Ingressos: R$ 20,00 – 10,00

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...


To know more click here

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!!

Trieste Contemporanea

2009 Young European Artist Trieste Contemporanea Award: Driant Zeneli
The award celebrates ten years of existence. It has seen the confirmation of various intuitions regarding the quality of the young artists awarded. Ivan Moudov (2006) and Nikola Uzunovski (2007) have represented their country at the Venice Biennale, respectively Bulgaria in 2007 and Macedonia in 2009.


The young Albanian artist will be bringing a video project to Trieste entitled "The Dream of Icarus was to make a Cloud". The video is one of the artist"s favoured media, although he does not restrict himself solely to this medium to convey his sense of seeing the randomness of events and to construct his interpretation of the world.

The exhibition of Driant Zeneli in Trieste opened on Saturday October 24th at 7.00 p.m. at the Studio Tommaseo, curator Daniele Capra. www.triestecontemporanea.it

Dia das Criancas

On the 12th of October Brazil celebrates with a bank holiday the Day of the Children ( Dia das Criancas), a few pics of the new generation...

Yapolinos 1st birthday Bbq

Little Rafael, also known as "Yapolo", celebrate his first birthday the 3rd of October, with an authentic brazilian Barbeque, in his new house here in the neighborhood of Santa Teresa.

"Yapolo" just moved to Rio de Janeiro (recently named for 2016 Olympics Games, just to remark it again),with his all family from London, where he was born last year.

Together with them Nonno Giorgio and Nonna Pia came for their second visit in the "marvelous city", where they left a lot of good memories, especially at Castelinho38 during its first steps in 2006.


Special guests of the event Elisa and Mauricio, the sweetest neighbors together with their sons and the real gaucho Nilvo, visiting from Nairobi-Kenya, with his family.


C38 is officially welcomeing in Rio de Janeiro Rafeal and his family and wishes all the best in their new life, in our new lives. Yip Yip Hurra for Yapolino and thanks to all the family for the fantastic afternoon and the delicious meat!

Julia save Fluminense

Fluminense FC, the same big team that last year was playing the final of Libertadores Cup, is now struggling on the bottom of the table, trying to survive in the main brazilian football league.
Bad managing and administration,on its 5th coach of the season, with best players injured and no luck what so ever, even though the supporters never left FLU alone!

Last sunday,specially supported from its incredible fans at FIEL, special guests from Miguel Pereira and JULIA ( for her 10th birthday), Fluminense started well in the match scoring his first at the beginning of the first half but let Avai equalize shortly after thanks to an big error from the difense sector.

Avai scored its second and let supporters quite for a while, until young Conca steal a ball and serve an assist to make 2-2 just before the end of first half. Julia looked worried...


Second half Fluminense was better organized and turned the score, marking 3-2 with great play by Conca again, acclaimed from the fans and supporters that now kept singing since the final whistle.


Fluminense was paying more attention in the defense and had good tries to deserve final and first victory after 11 matches: FLUMINENSE 3-2 AVAI (Florianopolis).
Julia can smile again.