Copacabana Palace, A Belmond Hotel, Rio de Janeiro
Rio's Art Deco grande dame on Copacabana Beach, named the 11th best hotel in the world and the best in South America in 2025
The Privata Perspective
The address that defined glamour in Rio — an Art Deco palace facing Copacabana Beach, host to film stars, heads of state and Carnival society for a century. It took 11th place in the World's 50 Best Hotels 2025 and best in South America with it, and it still behaves like the centre of the city.
One thing worth knowing before booking: the hotel is mid-project. The Pool Wing and the pool area are being rebuilt for a reveal in November 2026 — the wing becoming all-suite, with five floors given to wellbeing — and while that work runs the spa and the Michelin-starred Ristorante Hotel Cipriani are both closed. MEE, the Michelin-starred pan-Asian room, and Pérgula are open as normal. We book the ocean-facing suites and tell you plainly which side of the works you would be sleeping on.
Accommodations
Deluxe Beach View
Art Deco rooms looking straight out over Copacabana
The Copacabana Suite
Oversized balconies above the beach, with access to the exclusive sixth-floor pool
Dining
MEE
Pan-Asian
Michelin-starred, drawing on the Thai, Japanese, Korean and Vietnamese kitchens
Pérgula
Brazilian & Mediterranean
All-day beside the pool, and home to the feijoada, Sunday brunch and omakase services
Spa & Wellness
The Copacabana Palace Spa is closed for renovation, with in-room treatments on request. The half-Olympic pool, the fitness centre, the rooftop tennis courts and the hotel's own cabanas on Copacabana Beach are open.
When to Go
December–March
Rio's summer — beach season, New Year on Copacabana and Carnival
May–September
Drier, cooler and quieter, with comfortable temperatures
Book With Preferred Access
Experience Copacabana Palace, A Belmond Hotel, Rio de Janeiro with Via Privata
Complimentary upgrades, resort credits, early check-in, and dedicated concierge support — available exclusively through our preferred partner programme.
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