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You can save money and keep you privacy by looking into off beat neighborhoods......

Why cheat yourself of an experience you can't claim with co-living.

Besides, Cariocas聽 are not your cup of tea for roomates.聽 They take way too many things for granted, and abuse one's good will and generosity.聽

Try Gloria, Old Downtown, Urca.聽 Don't go to the seashore.聽

鈥� Close to public transport is a requirement. Any suggestions?

The city busses are available just about everywhere.

Depending on where you are going you might have to change busses more than once though. It鈥檚 a very big city. That will be a challenge if you don鈥檛 speak Portuguese. I have used Uber there as well.

@sprealestatebroker Sa煤de, perhaps? A friend likes Urca. I鈥檓 not familiar with either.

@KenAquarius My Portuguese isn鈥檛 very good, but I gave a guy directions to a borracharia early Sunday morning. I wonder where he ended up. 馃��

I鈥檇 prefer to live close to the VLT or a Metro station. Close to a bike path might be good, too. I haven鈥檛 owned a car in years.

I need to visit Rio and look around. It鈥檚 a big city. I haven鈥檛 seen much of it, mostly the tourist attractions. 馃榾

Be careful. It can be a very dangerous place especially after dark, even in the nicer neighborhoods.

@sprealestatebroker Do you have any thoughts on the new coliving places Hub, Send or Skylux? Hotel Gl贸ria looks expensive? I think there鈥檚 another development in Gloria, I don鈥檛 remember the name.

@sprealestatebroker Do you have any thoughts on the new coliving places Hub, Send or Skylux? Hotel Gl贸ria looks expensive? I think there鈥檚 another development in Gloria, I don鈥檛 remember the name.
-@alan279

Not specifically.

You can rent a room in a Pensao, but the word itself conjures a room in a shared dwelling where your mates are journeyman types at best.聽

Still, you can find some Auntie that could lease you a room, and actually provide some cooking for you.聽 聽That would be a bonus.

The key, while you fritter away your Dollars on expensive lodging, is to skip the tourist spots and head straight towards the neighborhoods.聽

For as long as you stay on the right side of the Reboucas Tunnel ( T煤nel Rebou莽as ) , you should be alright.聽

So get your walking shoes, and go pound the pavement.聽 This is a word of mouth thing.聽 You go to your lunch counter/barrooms, grocery stores, beauty parlors, with a chaperone in hand, and ask flat out, if any Tia has rooms to rent.聽 聽

A good widow, that would be perfect.聽

Here's places you can sort through to find what you seek,

Santa Teresa.

Lapa.

Botafogo.

Downtown ( Centro )

Urca ( with some luck, that is an exclusive enclave, no tourists around)

Jardim Bot芒nico

Breaking down on places you don't need a car...

Downtown

Bairro Imperial de S茫o Crist贸v茫o 鈥� Benfica 鈥� Caju 鈥� Catumbi 鈥� Centro 鈥� Cidade Nova 鈥� Est谩cio 鈥� Gamboa 鈥� Lapa 鈥� Mangueira 鈥� Paquet谩 鈥� Rio Comprido 鈥� Santa Teresa 鈥� Santo Cristo 鈥� Sa煤de 鈥� Vasco da Gama

Favorites : Paqueta, Lapa, Centro, Santa Teresa

South (old posh )

Botafogo 鈥� Catete 鈥� Copacabana 鈥� Cosme Velho 鈥� Flamengo 鈥� G谩vea 鈥� Gl贸ria 鈥� Humait谩 鈥� Ipanema 鈥� Jardim Bot芒nico 鈥� Lagoa 鈥� Laranjeiras 鈥� Leblon 鈥� Leme 鈥� S茫o Conrado 鈥� Urca

Favorites: Botafogo ( it's posh ), G谩vea,Gl贸ria,聽 Jardim Bot芒nico ( it's past Leblon by the way towards the Christ Redeemer Status ),Laranjeiras. Copacabana and Ipanema are by the coastline, so only apartments.聽

West ( Working Class )

Bangu 鈥� Campo dos Afonsos 鈥� Deodoro 鈥� Gericin贸 鈥� Jabour 鈥� Magalh茫es Bastos 鈥� Padre Miguel 鈥� Realengo 鈥� Sant铆ssimo 鈥� Senador Camar谩 鈥� Vila Kennedy 鈥� Vila Militar聽 聽

Favorites : Up to Realengo fine.

Tijuca

Alto da Boa Vista 鈥� Andara铆 鈥� Graja煤 鈥� Maracan茫 鈥� Pra莽a da Bandeira 鈥� Tijuca 鈥� Vila Isabel

The Whole Tijuca is decent.

North Side

Bonsucesso 鈥� Banc谩rios 鈥� Cacuia 鈥� Cidade Universit谩ria 鈥� Cocot谩 鈥� Freguesia 鈥� Gale茫o 鈥� Jardim Carioca 鈥� Jardim Guanabara 鈥� Moner贸 鈥� Olaria 鈥� Pitangueiras 鈥� Portuguesa 鈥� Praia da Bandeira 鈥� Ramos 鈥� Ribeira 鈥� Tau谩 鈥� Zumbi

Bonsucesso, Olaria,聽 Madureira 鈥� Marechal Hermes

@sprealestatebroker Sa煤de, perhaps? A friend likes Urca. I鈥檓 not familiar with either.
-@alan279

Urca is a good scoop if you can score.聽 Not a tourist hangout, nonetheless, by the shoreline.聽 聽

Very quaint.聽 聽There's a private beach nearby you are only allowed if you have any rank to give you the pull.聽 Military personnel.

Just don't get caught in places like Duque de Caxias, Belfort Roxo, or the Favelas.聽 If any place looks like an Ants' nest. avoid it like a plague.

Also, Jardim Botanico ( Botanic Gardens ), which is close to Leblon by the shore.聽 The entire garden actually soothes the surrounding聽 climate, so you don't feel like your in the Gates of Hades through the dog days of summer.聽 聽

Summer is high season specially around the Coastline, so every out of the pocket expense stings ( you will be gouged and they could care less ).聽 聽One thing you learn from local old foggies ( retirees ) is to vacation immediately聽 after the Carnaval ( Mardi Gras ), when a sudden drop on demand for everything, and people must crawl back to work, means the town is yours to be had at a rate you can actually afford.

Which can put in play other quaint places like......

Angra dos Reis

Parati聽 ( coast line, lots of artisan shops )

Buzios

Cabo Frio ( Salt flats are there )聽

Ilhabela

Skip Santos and head towards Sao Paulo's South Shore. by Cananeia and Iguape ( lots of聽 retired Japs live there ).

Giving you a breakdown on the stops聽 by the TRAM

VLT trains聽

it pretty much tells me you ought to b e close to Downtown

Caveat.聽 聽Downtown also houses a lot of prostitutes.聽 Cheap Rent.聽

Line # 1

From :Aeroporto Santos Dumont through 搁辞诲辞惫颈谩谤颈补 Novo Rio聽 and Praia Formosa

Itinerary/ Stops

Avenida Rio Branco ( various )

Orla Conde

Bin谩rio do Porto

Padre Henrique Otte Bus Stop

Altogether 20 stops

Pier Mau谩 ( Cruising Ships )

All of the stops

搁辞诲辞惫颈谩谤颈补 鈫� Santos Dumont聽 聽

Praia Formosa

搁辞诲辞惫颈谩谤颈补 Equador

Pereira Reis

Gamboa

笔谤辞惫颈诲锚苍肠颈补

Harmonia

Parada dos Navios/Valongo

Parada dos Museus

S茫o Bento

颁补苍诲别濒谩谤颈补

Sete de Setembro

Carioca

颁颈苍别濒芒苍诲颈补

Ant么nio Carlos

Santos Dumont

Santos Dumont 鈫� 搁辞诲辞惫颈谩谤颈补聽 聽

聽 聽 Santos Dumont Ant么nio Carlos 颁颈苍别濒芒苍诲颈补 Carioca Sete de Setembro 颁补苍诲别濒谩谤颈补 S茫o Bento Parada dos Museus Parada dos Navios/Valongo Utopia AquaRio Cidade do Samba Santo Cristo Cordeiro da Gra莽a 搁辞诲辞惫颈谩谤颈补 Praia Formosa

Landmarks

Theatro Municipal

颁颈苍别濒芒苍诲颈补

Museu Nacional de Belas Artes聽 ( Art Expo Museum )

Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janeiro ( Modern Art Museum )

Aquario ( Aquarium )

Pra莽a da Harmonia

Museu do Amanh茫

搁辞诲辞惫颈谩谤颈补 Novo Rio.

Pra莽a Mau谩

Biblioteca Nacional ( National Library )

Line # 2

From : Pra莽a XV聽 through聽 搁辞诲辞惫颈谩谤颈补 Novo Rio,

Itinerary/ Stops

搁辞诲辞惫颈谩谤颈补

Praia Formosa

搁辞诲辞惫颈谩谤颈补 Equador

Pereira Reis

Gamboa

笔谤辞惫颈诲锚苍肠颈补

Harmonia

Parada dos Navios/Valongo

Parada dos Museus S茫o Bento

颁补苍诲别濒谩谤颈补

Sete de Setembro

Carioca

颁颈苍别濒芒苍诲颈补

Ant么nio Carlos

Santos Dumont

Interconnects:

SuperVia Rail

Telef茅rico da 笔谤辞惫颈诲锚苍肠颈补

Proc贸pio Ferreira Bus Terminal

Am茅rico Fontenelle Bus Terminal

Padre Henrique Otte Bus Terminal

Landmarks

-Pra莽a XV

-Orla Conde

-Pa莽o Imperial

-Arco do Teles

-Igreja de Nossa Senhora do Monte do Carmo

-Confeitaria Colombo ( Cool place.聽 Very old fashioned. Lots of dignified old dames taking the afternoon snack break )

-Pal谩cio Tiradentes

-Faculdade Presbiteriana Mackenzie Rio (Mackenzie is a nest of conservative politics, kind of Yale )

-Central do Brasil ( Commuter Rail where you will go to the exurbs, mostly your blue collar type of places.聽 If you go gettho, this is -wherer is at )

-Cidade do Samba ( I wonder if they do rehersals out there )

-Pal谩cio Duque de Caxias

-搁辞诲辞惫颈谩谤颈补 Novo Rio聽 (this will take you out of Rio and to anywhere there is a bus line in the Country.聽 Think Greyhound )

-Campo de Santana

-Real Gabinete Portugu锚s de Leitura ( Looks like a place for stuffed shirts to discuss literaly stuff ).

-Teatro Jo茫o Caetano聽 ( Good for playrights )

Line # 3

From": Aeroporto Santos Dumont through聽 Central do Brasil ( Commuter Rail to the exurbs )

Itinerary / stops : Throughout Avenida Brasil, Avenida Marechal Floriano, altogether 10 stops

Central Cristiano Ottoni

Pequena 脕frica

Camerino/Rosas Negras

Santa Rita/Pretos Novos

颁补苍诲别濒谩谤颈补

Sete de Setembro

Carioca

颁颈苍别濒芒苍诲颈补

Ant么nio Carlos Santos Dumont

Santos Dumont 鈫� Central聽 聽

聽 聽 Santos Dumont Ant么nio Carlos 颁颈苍别濒芒苍诲颈补 Carioca Sete de Setembro 颁补苍诲别濒谩谤颈补 Santa Rita/Pretos Novos Camerino/Rosas Negras Cristiano Ottoni/Pequena 脕frica Central

Landmarks:

-Aeroporto Santos Dumont

-Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janeiro

-Theatro Municipal

-Biblioteca Nacional

-Museu Nacional de Belas Artes

-Largo da Carioca

-Igreja da 颁补苍诲别濒谩谤颈补

-Igreja de Santa Rita de C谩ssia

-Col茅gio Pedro II

-Centro Cultural Light

-Pal谩cio do Itamaraty

-Pal谩cio Duque de Caxias

-Central do Brasil.