Welcome

In a very central part of the city (Laranjeiras/Santa Teresa), inside Rio´s most beautiful and tranquil favela, the unique Hostel "Favelinha" welcomes travelers from around the world. It gives backpackers and other interested tourists the opportunity to discover what life is like for a great majority of Rio´s inhabitants. It is the first hostel of this kind in Brazil! You will be amazed at how friendly you will be welcomed by the people in the favela and you will not believe your eyes when you step out on your balcony and start to overlook the bay of Guanabara, the sugar loaf and some of Rio´s famous beaches like Botafogo and Flamengo.

As you can see on the picture above, our sundeck is already waiting for you :) More photos can be viewed in the "Gallery"-Section. But go ahead and see for yourself: Hostel-owner Andreia invites you to visit all parts of this website, as well as the hostel itself, of course! The hostel is able to host up to 14 guests in its 5 rooms - in 4 double and one dorm room. We also have a large living room and kitchen!

The British Sunday Herald, several German newspapers, the Brazilian news magazine EPOCA and the biggest Brazilian newspaper O GLOBO have all written feature articles about us! If you can understand portuguese, have a look here at the articles in EPOCA or O GLOBO, translations will follow soon! An article by a Bristish online magazine (Diverse Traveller) can be found here! "New Pictures 2008 now online!"