Best Hotels in
Rio de Janeiro

The Copacabana Palace is Rio's most iconic address — a white Neoclassical palace that has presided over the city's most famous beach since 1923. Princess Diana, Marlene Dietrich, and Princess Grace have all called it home temporarily; its rooftop pool and Pérgula restaurant remain the city's most coveted reservations.

• Luxury
• Historic
• Beachfront
• Copacabana

Philippe Starck's masterpiece for the Fasano group sits directly on Ipanema Beach with a rooftop pool that has arguably the finest view in Brazilian luxury hospitality. Dark wood panelling, a jazz bar of exceptional quality, and impossibly attentive service define the Fasano standard.

• Luxury
• Design
• Beachfront
• Ipanema

Under the Belmond flag, the Copacabana Palace's legendary status is only reinforced. The pool visible from Copacabana Beach is among the most recognised images in South American travel. The Sunday brunch by the pool is a longstanding Rio institution.

• Luxury
• Romance
• Beachfront
• Copacabana

Janeiro Hotel brings contemporary Brazilian design to Leblon — Rio's most chic beachfront neighbourhood. The rooftop infinity pool above the Atlantic, combined with some of the city's most spacious rooms, makes it the beach hotel of choice for design-conscious travellers.

• Design
• Beachfront
• Luxury
• Leblon

The Emiliano transplants São Paulo's most lauded hotel brand to Copacabana and delivers the same uncompromising luxury — handmade mattresses, an extraordinary rooftop pool, and the impeccably designed restaurant that has quickly become one of the beach neighbourhood's finest tables.

• Luxury
• Design
• Beachfront
• Copacabana

Housed in a converted 19th-century coffee baron's mansion in the bohemian hillside neighbourhood of Santa Teresa, this MGallery property offers an enchanted alternative to the beach hotels below — with a spectacular pool carved from the rock, panoramic bay views, and genuine artistic character.

• Boutique
• Views
• Historic
• Santa Teresa

The Fairmont occupies the iconic former Rio Othon Palace building with a dramatic 30-storey tower that commands uninterrupted Copacabana Beach views from almost every room. The rooftop Skylab bar has become one of the city's most essential sunset destinations.

• Luxury
• Views
• Beachfront
• Copacabana

The Hilton's position directly opposite Copacabana Beach and its consistently excellent value-for-category make it one of the most reliable choices in the neighbourhood. The rooftop pool and bar with full beach panoramas are particular highlights.

• Beachfront
• Family
• Value
• Copacabana

A long-standing favourite of return visitors to Rio, the Windsor Atlantica is a Copacabana institution — known for its prime beachfront position, generous breakfast, and the kind of reliable Brazilian hospitality that makes guests feel immediately at home.

• Beachfront
• Value
• Family
• Copacabana

Yoo2 brings international design credibility to Botafogo — a neighbourhood enjoying a dramatic revival as Rio's most creative new urban zone. The hotel's colourful energy, rooftop views of Sugarloaf, and genuinely excellent communal spaces make it the city's most exciting new hospitality proposition.

• Design
• Boutique
• Nightlife
• Botafogo