The hotel is good I tend to smell damp in this hotel but could just be unlucky. Most staff are brilliant but the pool are lack manors and have a bit of attitude. The food is average as is breakfast but good for that part of the world. Nice location to the beach and taxi into town is cheap and... More

I stayed in the hotel on a number of occasions over the past 5 years. It is NEW compared to other hotels in Rio. It must have been built in the 1990s and, though the age is starting to show, it still wins out hugely relative to the, generally speaking, obsolete hotel stock in Rio. The good things are: gym,... More

list of what went wrong is quite long. I got different room vs. what I booked. despite the promise that it will be change on the second day nothing happened and while the receptionist was trying to be helpful front manager showed zero interest in helping. room were smelly (clearly air-conditioning was not cleaned for a long time). there are... More

This hotel is 50 min by taxi from the cruise port,and 30 min from the international airport. It is opposite the beach and the view from the balcony was lovely.A shuttle runs to a huge shopping mall 30 min. The room was very depressing smelling very damp and when the aircon was on the floor was wet needing towels to... More

beautiful hotel, pool, spa and friendly staff. Beach is across the street which is much nicer&cleaner than Ipanema. Very quiet area in comparison to Ipanema & Copacabana. If you are looking too eat outside of the hotel, walk NORTH along the beach and you'll find many more restaurants, juice shops and grocery stores than south of the hotel. Room was... More

This hotel is a little expensive, but then again so are most hotels in Rio. At least with this one you'll be guaranteed staff that speak good English at reception, and clean, modern rooms. The hotel had a beach feel about it so you probably won't be very keen on it if you love plush, luxury decor only but even... More

It’s a hotel for business travelers, located in the Barra neighborhood. Although it offers a nice structure, with a great poor, spa and Jacuzzi, its rooms are very muggy and the carpet need to be urgently changed. The restaurant is nice, but expensive, and the breakfast is very complete. Internet connection is not included in the room rate and, although... More

I stayed there a few days ago, with my husband and children. They gave us two very small rooms, with horrible views, and one of them had a dirty carpet . Bathrooms were also very small, and people in the hotel did not pay any attention to our claim. Housekeeping wasn´t very good either. Next time in Rio we will... More

First thing you should know you'll be 20 kms from the south zone and city centre. But the beach of Barra is amazing. The hotel is quite new - less than 10 years old and has the pros and cons of most Brazilian hotels. Nice decor, plenty of staff, low levels of overall english and - in recent years -... More