Rio

The Marevelous City

Exotic, rhythmic and sensual Rio de Janeiro is a city where one beach is more beautiful than the other, and where historic quarters and modern life pleasantly blend together. Immersed in the center with its strong cultural heritage and sumptuous areas of surrounding nature, the most luxurious palace hotels offers dream vacations to this festive, cultural and wellness minded city. Depending on the mood of the moment, Bohemian Rio, hyper Rio, jet set or even intimate Rio offers its multiple atmospheres to its delighted visitors.

Bohemian Rio de Janeiro

Nestled on the hills of Old Rio, the central quarter of Santa Teresa, known as the Bohemian quarter, is filled with artists, intellectuals and highly sophisticated visitors. Strollers, window shoppers and admirers of beauty will all find what they’re seeking here. Its narrow, winding cobblestone streets, bordered by large flower filled homes in a variety of architectural styles, its walls of street art and its parks covered with mosaics make Santa Teresa one of the city’s most picturesque and trendy neighborhoods. Symbolizing the charm of the surroundings, the famous bonde electrico, a tramway built in 1896, meanders through the streets, dropping off passengers at a gastronomic restaurant, a quaint café or at a viewing spot with an incredible panorama of Guanabara Bay. To take full advantage of the numerous activities in this Brazilian equivalent of Paris’ Montmartre, book a room at the Santa Teresa Hotel.  You won’t be disappointed by its tropical chic design concept which makes it one of the South America’s most beautiful hotels.

Selective Rio de Janeiro

Rio de Janeiro is also a very popular jet set destination. The legendary Copacabana Beach with its fine sand acquired its fame in the 1920s with the construction of the Copacabana Beach Hotel in 1923, the only luxury hotel in Latin America at the time. Steeped in nostalgia and elegance, this mythical site welcomes eminent international personalities as well as Rio’s VIPs, who come here to sip a caïpirinha on the swimming pool terrace. Not far away, Ipanema, is even more glamorous, chic and sophisticated than its Copacabana rival. As the new center for fashion, Ipanema is the most select quarter of the city with the most luxurious boutiques in Rio. Ipanema beach, a popular spot for Rio’s privileged young people, is less crowded and calmer than Copacabana.

Intimate Rio de Janeiro

As author Stephan Zweig put it when he discovered Rio : « There is no more beautiful, inexhaustible and inextricable city in the world. One never ceases to discover it.” Rio owes its magic to its unprecedented natural setting, with an incredible combination of fine sand beaches, green morros (the mountains surrounding the city) and enchanting parks like the one in the Tijuca forest. By moving a bit further away from the beaches, the cultural center and the excitement of this city that never sleeps, that we discover the most intimate and remote sites in the area with the most luxuriant nature. Just fifteen minutes from Ipanema, the Suite for example, offers guests one of the finest views of the city on the ocean and enables them to enjoy one of the quarter’s best kept secrets: Joatinga Beach.