R. Lélio Gama, s/n - Centro, Rio de Janeiro - RJ, 20031-080, Brazil
The sight of the little yellow streetcar rumbling across the top of the Lapa aqueduct’s arches, making its way uphill to the neighborhood known as Santa Teresa, is a city classic. An accident had it shut down for five years, and the new
bondinho may lack some of its former authenticity (for one thing, there used to be more locals aboard); yet the tropicalized
Lisbon flavor of the neighborhood’s streets is still in place. Visitors can access points of interest such as the Parque das Ruínas aboard the trolley, then wander the district’s streets on foot till they reach the famed Selarón stairs that go back down to Lapa.