Casa Mango Mango

Following our Guide books we booked a room at Casa Mango Mango for the first leg of our trip (Rio) A large colonial house in the stunning neighbourhood of Santa Teresa. We arrived in the late of night and our cab driver (more of him later) drove up the winding cobbled streets lit by the odd streetlight that lit just enough of the street and houses for us to realise this area was pretty special.

The street below from our bedroom window

We walked through the gate at street level up a steep set of stairs under two huge Mango trees to the house which was impressive even in the dark of night. We checked in and were taken up yet more stairs to our Room 1 at the very top of the house- large and sparingly decorated with shiny polished wooden floors and wooden shutters opened to show us the view of Rio we would be enjoying during our stay, and what a view!
Wearily we got into bed and woke up excited, flung the blinds open to this....

View from the front window

View from the back window