Copacabana Hotel Reviews

The Excelsior Copacabana was a great modern and comfortable hotel right on Copacabana beach. We had a large triple room with 3 single beds. The rooms were well furnished with laminate flooring, and nice granite bathrooms. The bed was very comfortable with cool cotton sheets, and the air conditining was great! Our room was at the back of the hotel, and so was very quiet. Rooms at the front overlook a busy 6 lane road next to the beach.

The staff were excellent and friendly, and the breakfast buffet was really tasty- including a special low fat section. We at in the hotel restaurant several evenings, as the buffet was excellent and only £6!!

The rooftop pool is fab and offers great views of the beach and Christ the Redeemer statue. They serve food by the pool all day- great open sandwiches and salads for £3- £4. The bar prices are cheap too £1 for a beer.

There is also a free bus to the airport, and a well equipped gym.

I would definitely stay here again- we had a great holiday, despite the bad things we had heard about Rio in the guide books. We never saw any trouble, and there were always lots of police around.

My husband and I went to Rio for our 25th wedding anniversary. It was the best holiday we have ever had. We stayed in the Copacabana Hotel, which was really good, very clean, food great, staff really helpful. We moved to this hotel because our first choice was the Ducasse Hotel which did not come up to expections. However the Copacabana Hotel had everything we wanted, and Rio was very much alive from first thing in the morning to last thing at night. The whole place is keep fit crazy, people playing football, volleyball, walking, cycling, skating and the beaches are floodlit at night. The food is outragous and very cheap. We did the usual tours and found the people very nice, we would definately go back.