Stay at Fasano Hotel Rio de Janeiro Location Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Website www.fasano.com.br Price Depite opening relatively recently, the Fasano Hotel Rio de Janeiro is already the leader of the pack in a city blessed with fine hotels but, until now, lacking the fresh, contemporary charm the Fasano brings to its enviable spot on Ipanema beach. Infused with all the effortless beauty and grace of the city around it, the five-star Fasano is a hip hotel; there is no doubt about that. It also boasts a highly personalized, seamless level of service that puts many other hotels of its class in the shade. It is the result of cheerful hard work on the part of the staff, but most of all, it is a tribute to its owner and auteur, Rogério Fasano, whose good taste and high production values are evident at every turn. This is a dream hotel, from the acclaimed seafood restaurant Fasano al Mare at its base to the tip of its chic rooftop pool—a breathtakingly lovely spot in this, the most heartbreaking of beautiful cities. It is the kind of hotel in which it is all too easy to linger, with stunning views wherever you glance, whether up by the pool or lounging in a sumptuous, polished wooden chair on your balcony. Splash out on a highup room with an ocean view and you will never regret it; the view along Ipanema beach is simply astonishing. Enhanced and remixed thanks to a bit of Philippe Starck mirror trickery on the balconies, the view is one of the hotel’s most outstanding features. Sip a cocktail by the pool after a day in Rio, and watch as sea and sky turn molten under the faraway gaze of Christ the Redeemer statue; then hit Bar Londra downstairs for an ultra-cool evening. CR The rooftop pool has an unforgettable view over
Ipanema beach and the Two Brothers mountains.
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