Hotel Fasano Rio de Janeiro
An insider's guide to the top places to stay for the Rio Olympics, featuring the city's best hotels for access to Copacabana beach and Sugar Loaf Mountain views.
In the heart of affluent Zona Sul and on the boundary of the stunning Arpoador and Ipanema beaches, Fasano peers out over the most attractive stretch of sand in the city. As Rio views go, it doesn't get much better than that afforded from the rooftop pool and bar. Originally a Philippe Starck co-venture, São Paulo's Italian-rooted Fasano Group took over control in 2007 and combined the Frenchman's signature style with some Italo-Brazilian sophistication.
Located on Avenida Vieira Souto, in the heart of Ipanema, Hotel Fasano Rio De Janeiro combines the charm and sophistication of Rio's most coveted address with modern design and efficient service, the first Philippe Starck project in Brazil. The furniture in 50 years style and vintage uniforms pay tribute to the glorious era of bossa nova, the golden years of Ipanema when the flourishing neighborhood as the most charming river. The hotel welcomes guests for leisure and business, offering the latest technology in their apartments and meeting rooms. Our guests can taste and experience the gastronomic legacy of the family Fasano in Fasano Al Mare Restaurant, and enjoy cocktails and light meals at Baretto-Londra. On the hotel terrace, the pool offers a unique view of the Arpoador beaches, Ipanema and Leblon, the Hill Brothers, and Corcovado: Stunning
Service & Facilities
Try not to mistake an occasionally less-than-warm welcome for poor service, there is a fine line being trodden here between aloof and discreet that the staff sometimes trips over. The restaurant is superbly run, however, and the poolside service such that you are never more than a few dripping seconds away from a fresh towel being delivered, nor, indeed, more than a few dry moments from your next caipirinha.
- Bar
- Beach
- Fitness Centre
- Laaundry
- Parking
- Pool
- Restaurant
- Room Service
- Spa
- Sauna
- Wifi
TuAkAzA
£ 335 per night
An unusual, well-hidden hillside retreat immersed in the best of Rio’s impressive geography, Tuakaza is well away from the main drags of Copacabana and Ipanema, and has unblemished beach views and buckets of individual charm. Ideal for the more independent and individual traveller, or even hardier business souls.
TuAkAzA it's a exclusive boutique lodge in a private residence, like a hôtel particulier with cozy privacy. Located in São Conrado, a exclusive neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro, only 10 minutes from Ipanema, 15 minutes from Copacabana and 10 minutes from Barra da Tijuca. It features an outstanding natural scenario: inside Tijuca Forest, the natural tropical park of the city. From here, the views of the enigmatic Gávea Stone and Pepino beach, one of clearest seawater in Rio, are simply dazzling. There are several activities in the area: forest hikes, swimming and paragliding among the others.
The house is a project awarded by the renowned brazilian architect Zanine and has been recently renovated and furnished with Brazilian pieces of art. One of the best features are the breathtaking views of the explosive nature. This place offers a special and new lodging concept for your next stay in Rio.
House of 1500m2, with 5 suites double & 1 suite single, in a area of 10.000m2, with 2 pools and private waterfall.
Service & Facilities
There is a distinct sense of being left to your own devices up here, but the young owner Matteo Basadona is usually on-hand with helpful advice and local knowledge. The eye-catching, waterfall-fed pool is cut right out of the rock face, helping to create a calming atmosphere in the spa, where treatments must be arranged in advance..
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- Restaurant
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UXUA Casa Hotel & Spa
£
352
per night
A cluster of colourful casas make up this arty rustic-deluxe retreat in south-west Brazil. What began as a fashion designer’s Trancoso holiday home has evolved into an award-winning community project that promises guests an authentic, immersive Bahian experience.
Knowing the real Trancoso means staying on the Quadrado, its picturesque, UNESCO-protected town square. Half UXUA's casas here date back 500-years to the village's founding. The hotel was crafted using traditional techniques, reclaimed materials, and antiques, all by local artisans collaborating with designer Wilbert Das.
Authenticity is the greatest luxury a visit to Brazil's Bahia state can offer, and living among native families in the heart of old Trancoso delivers the experience naturally, in style and comfort, and with an ethos of sustainability. 5-star hotel service, a stunning rustic beach lounge, and an innovative organic spa complete the perfect holiday.
Service & Facilities
Warm, friendly and smiley – that’s the South American way, nowhere more than in Trancoso. If you want button-shirted graduates from Swiss hospitality schools, Brazil is not your scene. Take heart that the young staff here is also being up skilled by UXUA’s relaxed but professional team.
The pink banana-flower-filled garden, the unique aventurine-lined pool and three spa treatment rooms are sanctuary enough but there’s also surfing, biking, horseriding and the opportunity to try your hand at the Afro-Brasilian martial arts dance of capoeira. The hotel’s beach lounge, UXUA Praia Bar – where your cocktails are made in repurposed peeling-paint fishing boats – is the hippest of hangouts.
Hotel Santa Teresa
Embodying all the charm of the beautiful, bohemian neighbourhood in which it stands, the Santa Teresa Hotel has the air of a hillside retreat, but packs in all the amenities of a five-star hotel. It's a perfect fit for anyone keen to see a different, altogether less sandy, side of Rio. Found behind huge iron gates off the main road, this converted mansion, once part a former coffee plantation, is deceptively large, its rustic features preserved and shot through with a dash of contemporary Brazilian style.
“Luxury neo-colonial hotel in Rio's boho mountainside barrio, evoking tropical and ethnic Brazil in its art and interior design” After 3 years of painstaking restoration, this fabulous hotel quickly became the leading light in Santa Teresa when it opened in 2009. It's just as appealing today, and ideal for anyone seeking an indulgent base among the laidback bars, galleries and crumbling mansions of this arty neighbourhood. The French owners' celebration of Brazil’s native art in the neo-colonial décor is impressive in itself. But combined with unrivalled cuisine, unique spa treatments, fantastic service and 44 glorious bedrooms, it's a knockout. This place is a seriously stylish cut above other hotels in the area - and the only Relais & Châteaux member in Rio to date. The techniques and wealth of experience brought to bear may be French, but - with the exception of the remarkably comfortable beds imported from North America - every other resource and material has been sourced from within Latin America. The end result is quintessentially Brazilian; refreshing in a part of town that others would like to turn into Montmartre.
Service & Facilities
With a steady stream of stars like Alicia Keys, Robert Plant and Amy Winehouse having used the hotel as their hideaway, the staff are well versed in the finer points of dealing with guests' unique requirements, and the multilingual receptionists are charming, cheerful and well-informed. Beyond the main house, the pool is a good size and includes a soothing sun terrace for a daily Vitamin D hit, the spa is sumptuous and the restaurant’s offerings scrumptious.
Knowing the real Trancoso means staying on the Quadrado, its picturesque, UNESCO-protected town square. Half UXUA's casas here date back 500-years to the village's founding. The hotel was crafted using traditional techniques, reclaimed materials, and antiques, all by local artisans collaborating with designer Wilbert Das.
Authenticity is the greatest luxury a visit to Brazil's Bahia state can offer, and living among native families in the heart of old Trancoso delivers the experience naturally, in style and comfort, and with an ethos of sustainability. 5-star hotel service, a stunning rustic beach lounge, and an innovative organic spa complete the perfect holiday.
Service & Facilities
Warm, friendly and smiley – that’s the South American way, nowhere more than in Trancoso. If you want button-shirted graduates from Swiss hospitality schools, Brazil is not your scene. Take heart that the young staff here is also being up skilled by UXUA’s relaxed but professional team.
The pink banana-flower-filled garden, the unique aventurine-lined pool and three spa treatment rooms are sanctuary enough but there’s also surfing, biking, horseriding and the opportunity to try your hand at the Afro-Brasilian martial arts dance of capoeira. The hotel’s beach lounge, UXUA Praia Bar – where your cocktails are made in repurposed peeling-paint fishing boats – is the hippest of hangouts.
- Bar
- Beach
- Pool
- Restaurant
- Room Service
- Spa
Hotel Santa Teresa
£ 237 per night
“Luxury neo-colonial hotel in Rio's boho mountainside barrio, evoking tropical and ethnic Brazil in its art and interior design” After 3 years of painstaking restoration, this fabulous hotel quickly became the leading light in Santa Teresa when it opened in 2009. It's just as appealing today, and ideal for anyone seeking an indulgent base among the laidback bars, galleries and crumbling mansions of this arty neighbourhood. The French owners' celebration of Brazil’s native art in the neo-colonial décor is impressive in itself. But combined with unrivalled cuisine, unique spa treatments, fantastic service and 44 glorious bedrooms, it's a knockout. This place is a seriously stylish cut above other hotels in the area - and the only Relais & Châteaux member in Rio to date. The techniques and wealth of experience brought to bear may be French, but - with the exception of the remarkably comfortable beds imported from North America - every other resource and material has been sourced from within Latin America. The end result is quintessentially Brazilian; refreshing in a part of town that others would like to turn into Montmartre.
Service & Facilities
With a steady stream of stars like Alicia Keys, Robert Plant and Amy Winehouse having used the hotel as their hideaway, the staff are well versed in the finer points of dealing with guests' unique requirements, and the multilingual receptionists are charming, cheerful and well-informed. Beyond the main house, the pool is a good size and includes a soothing sun terrace for a daily Vitamin D hit, the spa is sumptuous and the restaurant’s offerings scrumptious.
- Bar
- Laundry
- Pool
- Fitness Centre
- Parking
- Room Service
- Restaurant
- Spa
- Sauna
- Wifi
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