“Jazz nights attract people from all over town.”—Bill Hinchberger, founder, BrazilMax.com travel portal. Inside Tavares Bastos favela (shanty town); brainchild of Bob Nadkarni, who worked as a sculptor on Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey; 10 rooms, all with double bed and private bath; roof terrace; Guanabara Bay views. Jazz/bossa nova nights most Fridays. Regularly used for film shoots. Rua Tavares Bastos 414, Casa 66, Catete; tel. +55 (21) 2558 5547

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