STREETSMART - Top 10 Rio de Janeiro - page 113

Price Categories
For a standard,
double room per
night (with breakfast
if included), taxes,
and extra charges.

$ under US$50
$$ US$50-US$85
$$$ US$85-US$150
$$$$ US$150-US$200
$$$$$ over US$200

Beautiful views from Abracadabra's swimming pool

Hotels in Rio State

! Casas Brancas $ Sítio do Lobo

principal sights. The hotel
facilities include an excel-
lent restaurant. d Map
B2 • Av Koeler 376,
Petrópolis • (024) 2103
3000 • www.solar
doimperio.com.br • $$$$
* Pousada do Sandi

Búzios's plushest
hotel comprises a series
of mock-Moorish villas
on the side of a hill
overlooking the Atlantic
and the Ilha Branca. The
town center and the best
of the restaurants and
shops are a 5-minute
walk away and beach
buggies are available for
hire. The hotel has an
excellent spa and an
atmospheric restaurant.
d Map C2 • Alto do
Humaitá 8, Búzios • (022)
2623 1458 • www.
casasbrancas.com.br • $$$
@ Abracadabra

Accessible only by
boat, this converted
luxury home sits behind
the rain forest-covered
slopes of Ilha Grande.
Many rooms are tiny but
the master suite is the
best accommodation on
the island. d Map A2
• Enseada das Estrelas, Ilha
Grande • [phone]
• www.sitiodolobo.com.br
• $$$$$
% Hotel Donati

The most comfortable
and well-appointed of all
the pousadas in Paraty's
colonial center has an
atrium swimming pool,
a good restaurant, and a
bar. d Map A2 • Largo do
Rosário 1, Paraty • (024)
3371 2100 • www.pousada
dosandi.com.br • $$
( Hotel Coxixo

Itatiaia's best hotel is
set in the midst of the
rain forest. Trails lead
from the cabins into the
national park and with
enough notice, the hotel
can organize guides.
d Map A2 • Estrada do
Parque Nacional Km 9.5,
Parque Nacional Itatiaia
• [phone] • www.
hoteldonati.com.br • $$$

This establishment
offers the same enviable
views out over the
Atlantic as its sister
hotel, Casas Brancas, but
the rooms are smaller
and plainer, and the rates
are cheaper. d Map C2
• Alto do Humaita 13,
Búzios • [phone]
• www.abracadabra
pousada.com.br • $$
£ Brigitta's

This hotel is a shrine
dedicated to its movie-
star owner - 80-year-old
actress Maria Della
Costa. The two suites
on the upper floor are
among the best rooms in
town. d Map A2 • Rua do
Comércio 362, Paraty
• [phone] • www.
hotelcoxixo.com.br • $

^ Hotel Chalés

Terra Nova
With charming cabanas
on the edge of the rain
forest, this hotel features
a pool in a peacock- and
hummingbird-filled
tropical garden. The hotel
also organizes light
adventure activities.
d Map A2 • Estrada do
Parque Nacional Km 4.5,
Parque Nacional do Itatiaia
• [phone] • www.
chalesterranova.com.br • $$

) Bromelias

Pousada and Spa
Featuring newly
refurbished luxury
cabanas set in the heart
of the Mata Atlântica rain
forest, this hotel spa
offers a range of
treatments from reiki to
aromatherapy massage.
The hotel has a pool,
tennis courts, and a
decent restaurant.
d Map A2 • Rodovia Rio-
Santos (BR-101) Km 558,
Graúna, Paraty • (021) 3371
2791 • www.pousada
bromelias.com.br • $$

This arty little
pousada and restaurant
in the town center takes
its name from Brigitte
Bardot, whose visit here
in the 1960s put Búzios,
then a mere fishing
village, on the map.
There are only four tiny
rooms, individually
decorated and located
right on the waterfront.
d Map C2 • Rua das
Pedras 131, Búzios • (022)
2623 6157 • www.buzios
online.com.br/brigitta • $

& Solar do Império The most luxurious

hotel in Petrópolis is
housed on the city's
grandest avenue, within
walking distance of the

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A pousada is a guesthouse, often housed in an historic building.