name: Garden Studio - Home away from Home
description: Studio apartment with garden and awesome views  on a quiet cul-de-sac street in the artsy Santa Teresa neighborhood, with a park and cultural centre right across the street.  Owned by A Brazilian-Canadian couple. Local Rio de Janeiro at its best!<br /><br /><b>The space</b><br />A studio apartment on Rua Murtinho Nobre in Santa Teresa is available for short term rentals. The studio is owned by a Brazilian-Canadian couple who work in the arts. It has a bathroom with large shower and kitchenette with all the basics. The apartment overlooks a garden which guests are free to use, boasting hibiscus plants and a pitanga tree and flanked by jambu and avocado trees. The garden has an outdoor shower for cooling off on hot summer days. As we are on a hill, the apartment has a fabulous view of greenery as well as of the Centro, arches of Lapa, Cathedral, Bay of Guanabara & bridge to Niteroi. The studio has been a home away from home for visiting journalists, musicians, architects, as well as to h