Praia Ipanema HotelvsHotel Fasano Rio de Janeiro
Both Hotel Fasano Rio de Janeiro and Praia Ipanema Hotel are endorsed by expert reviewers. Overall, Hotel Fasano Rio de Janeiro ranks significantly better than Praia Ipanema Hotel. Hotel Fasano Rio de Janeiro comes in at #3 in Rio de Janeiro with positive reviews from 18 reviews including Hideaway Report, Insight Guides and Mr & Mrs Smith.
Praia Ipanema Hotel
Av. Vieira Souto, 706, Ipanema, Rio de Janeiro, State of Rio de Janeiro 22420-000
From $122/night
- Bar/Lounge
- Room Service
- Free Breakfast
- Laundry Service
- Concierge
- Laundy Room
Fodor's
"This hotel between Ipanema and Leblon may not be deluxe, but it's across from the beach, and you can see the sea from all the rooms." Full review
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Request a room on a higher floor to enjoy the view and avoid the traffic noise.
Insight Guides
"Ipanema beach-front hotel on the border of Ipanema and Leblon with a nice rooftop pool deck. Well-located and well-priced for such a desirable location."
Lonely Planet
"With a view of Ipanema beach, this popular 16-story hotel offers trim, comfortable rooms, each with a balcony." Full review
Star Service
"A beachfront property in fashionable Ipanema, right next to equally fashionable Leblon, this property is the second choice in Ipanema after the Caesar Park." Full review
Oyster
Upper-middle-range
"A solid upper-middle-range option with an excellent location in a quieter neighborhood... the free breakfast buffet is a good value." Full review
Gayot
"This bright and airy hotel welcomes guests in a prime beachfront setting."
The Telegraph
7.0
"The recent renovation of the Praia Ipanema hotel has made it one of the more enticing options along the neighbourhood’s millionaire’s row, the beachfront Avenida Vieira Souto." Full review
Frommer's
"This hotel has a superb location at the end of popular Ipanema beach...guests can also relax by the rooftop swimming pool with an excellent view, hammam, and lounge." Full review
Hotel Fasano Rio de Janeiro Show All Reviews
Avenida Vieira Souto, 80, Rio de Janeiro, State of Rio de Janeiro 22420
From $339/night
- Pet Friendly
- Bar/Lounge
- Free Internet
- Room Service
- Laundry Service
- Concierge
Frommer's
"If design is not your thing, you can get much more room for the money staying somewhere else." Full review
Concierge
"When the Hotel Fasano opened in 2007, it radically changed Rio's hotel scene, turning some of Brazil's costliest square footage on Ipanema's prized beachfront into a temple to high design."
Fodor's
"The Italian-owned Fasano Group is renowned for its stylish, elegant hotels and restaurants, and Fasano Rio has the added glamour of having been crafted by the French designer Philippe Starck." Full review
Insight Guides
"Rio’s most fashionable (and expensive) boutique hotel since opening in 2007."
Travel + Leisure
"The 91 rooms are spare and breezy with white walls, leather-upholstered Mies daybeds, Amazonian wood side tables, and at least two burnished Sergio Rodriguez chairs." Full review
DK Eyewitness
"Before this discreet, sophisticated five-star hotel opened in 2007, Ipanema and Leblon had no truly world-class luxury hotels."
Time Out
"Still the hottest kid on the Ipanema block, the Fasano raised the bar for Rio's luxury hotels when it opened in 2007, forcing even the Copacabana Palace to sit up and take notice." Full review
Star Service
"As the premier boutique design hotel in the city, the Fasano is the hot place to rub shoulders with the hip people in Rio." Full review
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Smoke-free floors and handicapped rooms are available for those who request them.
Rough Guide
"Ultra stylish – with prices to match – this Philippe Starck-designed hotel is the place to stay for visiting rock stars, supermodels and the like."
Forbes Travel Guide
Recommended
"Designed by Philippe Starck, the luxury boutique hotel has leather-and-wood-dominated interiors, imaginative lighting and whimsical Starckian ear-shaped mirrors in guestrooms." Full review