Rio it's about finding your way to the best of the neighbourhoods

Copacabana and Ipanema must be the most famous neighborhoods of Rio, garnering more than their fair share of international attention. Copacabana, although flooded with both hotels and people (curious fact: Copacabana?s streets could not actually... More

Copacabana and Ipanema must be the most famous neighborhoods of Rio, garnering more than their fair share of international attention. Copacabana, although flooded with both hotels and people (curious fact: Copacabana?s streets could not actually accommodate all its residents should they all leave their apartments at the same time), but its heyday is well and truly over at the moment, no doubt it is set to return in the next years but for now it is best left to those who don?t know any better. Less crowded and leafier Ipanema has its appeal and today plays home to beautiful boutique hotel ?Fasano Rio?, but Rio has other neighborhoods that are equally worth discovering. Luxury travel experts Dehouche base themselves in the more exclusive Leblon, which in recent years has surpassed Ipanema in terms of both aesthetic appeal and price, owing partly to the number of ?novelas? (Rio?s trend setting soap operas) which have been based here, partly to the concentration of celebrities this has Less