5 excellent options in the mountains of Rio de Janeiro

Staying at a farm hotel in Teresópolis is a wonderful option for enjoying a family vacation or even a weekend getaway. It’s one of the best ways to enjoy the mountains of Rio de Janeiro!

Neighbor of PetrópolisTeresópolis is just 100 km away from Rio de Janeiro, which is just over an hour and a half by car. It has beautiful mountain landscapes, as well as a stunning hotel structure, especially when trying to escape the city.

In this post, we list five great farm hotels in Teresópolis, which guarantee lots of fresh air, homemade food and fun for the kids.

Farm Hotel in Teresópolis

Hotel Fazenda Switzerland

Location: Vargem Grande, Teresópolis
Price: from R$1,200with full board
Note on Booking: 8.7 / 53 reviews
Profile: couples and families

O Hotel Fazenda Switzerland is the farm hotel at Le Canton, the most complete resort in the mountains of Rio de Janeiro. It is 10km from the center of Teresópolis, with access via the Teresópolis-Friburgo Road.

There are horses, chickens, cows, rabbits, guinea pigs, peacocks, among other animals, and you can get up close and personal with staff supervision. It also has a lake and is where Le Canton's cheese factory is located, you can see the process and try it on manufacturing days.

As the name suggests, the hotel reproduces the architecture of the Swiss countryside. The architecture of the accommodations is rustic, but the rooms are very comfortable — there are 34 apartments in the Luxury and Master categories. The pool also has a sophisticated feel, with a beautiful view of the mountains.

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Fazenda Switzerland has its own restaurant, gym, dry and steam saunas, bar with live music and kids' club. It's in the same complex as Village le Canton and Magique, the chain's medieval-themed hotel, and vans shuttle between them throughout the day.

Rates include breakfast, lunch and dinner at the Gasthaus Kulm restaurant (drinks charged separately). There are also activities that are charged separately, such as horseback riding.

Hotel Fazenda São Moritz

Location: Vieira, in Teresópolis
Price: from R$704with full board
Note on Booking: 8.7 / 161 reviews
Profile: couples and families

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O Hotel Fazenda São Moritz and another farm hotel with full board in Teresópolis. AND a place full of greenery and attractions for the whole family. It has 500 thousand m² of native forest and a garden of more than 300 thousand m², with various types of trees and flowers, as well as a farm with the main objective of giving children the experience of getting up close to animals that they cannot find in the city.

In addition to guided tours of the farm, with trained professionals to help guests feed the animals, you can take horse and buggy rides along a route of around 1.5km. You can also ride a pedal boat on a lake, enjoy the swimming pools, the bar and the comfort of the accommodation spread across the farm.

Breakfast is a highlight, with breads and cakes produced on the farm, and there is also a restaurant with diverse cuisine — lunch and dinner are also included in the price.

Hotel Rosa dos Ventos

Location: Campaign, Teresópolis
Price: unavailable
Note on Booking: 8.2 / 221 reviews
Profile: couples and small families

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O Hotel Fazenda Rosa dos Ventos It has a more exclusive proposal, with a lot of refinement. It was built in alpine style next to the Três Picos State Park and the Serra dos Órgãos National Park, in the center of a 100-hectare private park at 1,250 m above sea level. It has 40 apartments with beautiful views of the valley, lake, parks and gardens of the property, with king size beds.

It has three restaurant options: Zermatt offers a mix of European cuisine and Brazilian specialties; the Stube, in a typically alpine corner, serves chinoise, bourguignon, cheese and chocolate fondues and the wine cellar where you can taste cheeses and wines, raclettes and the hotel's onion soup.

Among the leisure options, there are dry and steam saunas and massage rooms, 10 kilometers of internal trails for ecological tours, a riding arena, stables, horses, tennis courts, volleyball and society football. It also has two heated swimming pools with solar energy and an outdoor jacuzzi with hydromassage, boat and kayaks, sport fishing in a mountain lake supplied by springs and unpolluted rainwater.

Hotel Farm in Teresópolis Jecava

Location: Vista Alegre, Teresópolis
Price: unavailable
Note on Booking: 8.6 / 20 reviews
Profile: Couples and families

O Hotel Fazenda JeCaVa calls itself a paradise among the mountains. You can understand why: it has an area of ​​more than 700 hectares, with 15 dams, an area of ​​green forest, a farm with several animals and cattle breeding.

You can participate in trails, enjoy the multi-sports courts, adult and children's and thermal pools, water slide, games room. To improve, the restaurant offers typical farm cuisine.

The rooms ooze comfort and have beautiful views of the garden or the mountains. To give you an idea, the master suite is the size of my apartment. It is 40 square meters, with capacity for up to five people.

Hotel Fazenda Boa Vida

Reviews: unavailable
Profile: couples and families

O Good Life is a farm hotel in Teresópolis RJ focused on entertainment for kids. It has ecological trails, activities such as tree climbing, zip-lining with a 500-meter cable and a climbing wall. For younger children, we have toys such as a slide, swing and tree house in the outdoor area.

It has a huge lake, where you can practice fishing (carp, tilapia, matrinxã, catfish, black-bass, among other fish) and ride pedal boats or canoes. It also has swimming pools — one is heated and covered —, a football field, a volleyball field, a sauna, a natural shower, a small farm with animals, and its own hydroponic greenhouses, which provide fresh vegetables.

Hotel Fazenda Boa Vida has suites and chalets that accommodate up to six people.

Farm hotel with full board

Before booking, it is worth paying attention to whether the option chosen has full board. It's a good thing, especially, because these farm hotels in Teresópolis RJ are far from the Center and you'll hardly want to get in the car and drive to have lunch or dinner.

Full board usually includes breakfast, lunch and dinner. In this modality, we indicate the Hotel Fazenda São Moritz and the Hotel Fazenda Switzerland.

The mountains of Rio de Janeiro are beautiful, don't you think? If you’ve already traveled there, write in the comments what you can’t miss doing in that region!