Copacabana Palace

Copacabana Palace, A Belmond Hotel
Map
Hotel chainBelmond
General information
LocationRio de Janeiro, Brazil
Address1702 Avenida Atlântica
Coordinates22°58′01″S 43°10′43″W / 22.966944°S 43.178611°W / -22.966944; -43.178611
OpeningAugust 13, 1923
OwnerBelmond
ManagementUlisses Marreiros
Technical details
Floor count6
Floor area12,000 m2 (130,000 sq ft)
Design and construction
Architect(s)Joseph Gire
Other information
Number of rooms243
Number of suites127
Number of restaurants3
Website
Official website

Copacabana Palace (currently branded as Copacabana Palace, A Belmond Hotel), is a hotel in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, facing Copacabana beach. Designed by French architect Joseph Gire, it was built in a style that follows the line and model of the great beach hotels of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and opened on August 13, 1923.[1]

With over a century of existence, Belmond Copacabana Palace continues to be one of the most important hotel complexes in the city of Rio, and in Brazil, with two hundred and forty-three rooms (116 apartments and 127 suites),[2] divided between the main and the annex building, in an area of twelve thousand square meters.[3]

Belmond Copacabana Palace is known throughout Brazil for the international celebrities who stay at the hotel when visiting the city of Rio de Janeiro. Some famous guests include Walt Disney, Marlene Dietrich, Ginger Rogers, Brigitte Bardot, Jayne Mansfield, Paul McCartney, Janis Joplin, Madonna, Mick Jagger, Princess Diana, Carla Bruni, Halle Berry, Lana Del Rey, Justin Bieber, Miley Cyrus, and others. In addition, the hotel is also known for hosting some of the most popular social events in the country.

The hotel has been voted several times as the best hotel in South America, including in 2009, when it won the World Travel Award,[4] one of the most important tourism awards in the world.

  1. ^ "Hotel Copacabana Palace Na Praia De Copacabana, Rio De Janeiro, Brasil!". copacabana.com (in Portuguese). Retrieved August 4, 2018.
  2. ^ "Copacabana Palace - Rio de Janeiro: Acomodações". ViaBr Turismo (in Portuguese). Retrieved August 4, 2018.
  3. ^ Reinaldo Paes Barreto (September 6, 2013). "Hotel Copacabana Palace faz 90 anos". Jornal do Brasil (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on August 4, 2018. Retrieved August 4, 2018.
  4. ^ "Prêmio WTA de turismo considera Copacabana Palace o melhor da América do Sul". O Globo (in Portuguese). November 11, 2009. Retrieved August 4, 2018.