Pensão Globo

One of the best choices for value and proximity to trendy restaurants and clubs, this well-run, friendly guesthouse is tucked away on a quiet street, thus avoiding night-time noise. More expensive rooms have en suites with showers; cheaper interior rooms are windowless and share facilities. Rooms are clean and offer free Wi-Fi. There’s no breakfast, but cafés abound in the area. The Globo is gay-friendly; sister establishment Hotel Anjo Azul is squarely aimed at a gay clientele.