Hotel Portinari

Rooms

With 66 rooms spread over 11 floors - each level created by a different Brazilian architect - you'll be spoilt for choice. As you leave the lift on each floor, you'll begin to appreciate the style that the designer has chosen. You'll come across interesting touches before you even reach your room, such as a giant illuminated number eight for the 8th floor or funky room numbers set into the marble floor on the 3rd.

Designs differ from the traditional to the minimalist, so try to request a particular floor to suit your taste. All rooms have the usual mod cons as well as welcome extras such as bathrobes and slippers. All have a shower only (no bathtub; as is the case in most Brazilian hotels). Each floor has an Executive Suite and a Junior Suite - larger than the standard Deluxe Rooms but decorated in the same style. In our view it's worth paying the extra. All suites come with DVD players and some Executive Suites have a Jacuzzi or sauna too. All rooms overlook the street and some traffic noise can be heard, but then again you don't come to Rio for peace and quiet!

Click here for details and images of different floors.