Submission date: 2006-12-01 - Date of Stay: November 2006
Submitted by: Margot English - From: United Kingdom
Type of Traveller: Special Interest/Event - Age Group: 60 +
Friendly staff
Hotel was comfortable, room well furnished, with a restricted pool and sea view(7th Floor). Staff very helpful and pleasant. Very quiet in the rooms, but occasionally room was not cleaned until late afternoon. Lift system was dreadful - spent an age waiting to get up and down to room/pool. Pool was great, food from the various poolside outlets good. Walk into the local bar and restaurant area took about 20 minutes, but taxis were plentiful and inexpensive. Enjoyed our restful week after travelling around South America for a month.
Submission date: 2005-10-25 - Date of Stay: March 2005
Submitted by: Al Draper - From: Canada
Type of Traveller: Retired - Age Group: 60 +
Post Cruise stop over 2005
We arrived at this beautiful hotel after a cruise around Cape Horn. It was situated between a mountain and the street with the parking lot on the sixth floor; reception is on the fifth. Continuing down to the lowest level brings you out to what is a rare private beach in Rio. This beach area has an excellent barbecue, another restaurant along with pool etc.
The rooms were very modern – ours had a work/desk area and a balcony, which looked out, on the bay and down the beaches in a distance. We had some difficulty getting the in-room safe set up, but patience eventually prevailed.
The lobbies were spacious, and comfortable. Staff was most helpful and spoke English.
One draw back would be what made it nice (location) in that it was not possible to easily walk anywhere, however taxis were readily available.
