Lagoon-front Lagoa, with Cristo behind the bedroom window.
About the building
Edifício Princesa da Lagoa in brief.
Princesa da Lagoa sits on Avenida Epitácio Pessoa 3930 — the lagoon-edge avenue that wraps Rodrigo de Freitas with Corcovado behind it. Apartments range from compact two-bedrooms up to family-scale plates, all looking either onto the lagoon, the Sugarloaf line in the distance, or the Corcovado backdrop.
Lagoa is Rio's quietest mid-luxury address — bigger floor plans than the beach neighborhoods for the same money, with the 7.5 km lagoon loop at the door. Princesa da Lagoa is one of the more recognized residential addresses on the avenue and a fixture of broker rotations for this exact buyer profile.
AddressAv. Epitácio Pessoa 3930, Lagoa, Rio de Janeiro — 22471-000
Distance to
What's around it.
Walk and drive times to the things that decide where you live in Rio — beach,
metro, airports, neighborhood anchors.
Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas1 min walk
Metrô Cantagalo (L1)10 min walk
Santos Dumont Airport18 min by car
Galeão (GIG)32 min by car
Praia de Ipanema5 min by car
Mirante do Sacopã4 min walk
On the map
Edifício Princesa da Lagoa located.
Av. Epitácio Pessoa 3930, Lagoa, Rio de Janeiro — 22471-000
Delivered around 1980, during the build-out of the Epitácio Pessoa lagoon-front avenue. The building has been in continuous residential use for over four decades, with progressive infrastructure renewals — piped gas was retrofitted in the 2010s wave.
Panorama de Botafogo e da Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas; a partir do Mirante Dona Marta · Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)
Common-area refreshes have stayed within the original architectural language; the building's identifying feature has remained the wraparound view band across the lagoon and toward Corcovado.
Vista da Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas · Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)Vista da Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas · Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)
Rental yield · short-stay
What a unit earns.
Lagoon-view 2BR. The 7-night minimum favors long-weekend and week-stay traffic; Carnival weeks book months out and pull the high end.
Nightly rateR$ 720 – R$ 1,950Low → high season
Avg occupancy70%12-month average
Gross yield7.8%On purchase price
Indicative estimates based on comparable short-stay units — not a guarantee of income or occupancy. Actual returns vary with unit, season and management.
Who's lived here
Notable residents.
Where named individuals declined attribution, we describe the owner profile.
No address-level identification of current residents.
Lagoa-anchored carioca professional families
Embassy staff, senior corporate and academic residents — the profile that picks lagoon-front over beachfront for floor-plan and quiet.
Long-tenured original-owner families
Multi-generational ownership is the rule on this stretch of Epitácio Pessoa; resales are intermittent.
Available now
No active units. For the moment.
We currently have no listings inside Edifício Princesa da Lagoa. Inventory in this
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