Originally Posted by
skoenig
It's been a while since I've taken the Real bus, but I didn't think it stopped at SDU on the way into town, just on the way back to the airport (and stopped at the bus station only on the way to town). You could get off in the Centro (near the airport, or a busy area where there'll be taxis and you won't be isolated) and go to the hotel from there. I would not personally walk from SDU to my hotel after dark, especially with baggage, but I'm sure others do it.
The point is that there are two Real lines: one Real express line (operated with micro-bus) which makes GIG>SDU nonstop; another Real bus line makes GIG>SDU>Barra with stops downtown and takes considerably more time. The best is to take the express Real micro-bus to SDU and from there a taxi.
Rgs,