Avenida Aquarela do Brasil 75, São Conrado, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | (888) 708-2081
Beautiful location across the street from São Conrado beach; free towels, chairs, and umbrellas provided
Free hot breakfast buffet
Huge rooftop swimming pool with lots of sun loungers and ocean views
Three restaurants and a lobby bar
Stylish and comfortable rooms with balconies
Free Wi-Fi throughout
On-site fitness center and kids' club
Several meeting rooms and conference facilities
Live music at the lobby bar
Located close to Rocinha favela, which sometimes emits sewer smells and can feel unsafe
Water at the beach is sometimes too polluted to swim
Wi-Fi is spotty and there's a fee to upgrade it
Fee for parking
Complaints of interior noise
The Royal Tulip Rio Sao Conrado is a four-pearl property across the street from the breathtakingly beautiful São Conrado beach. The hotel serves business clients and leisure travelers alike, and is well known for its quality conference facilities and meetings rooms. Rooms are comfortable and stylish, with sweeping ocean and Pedra da Gávea rock views from private balconies. The hotel has three restaurants and a huge rooftop swimming pool. The fitness center and kids' club go above-and-beyond what's usually found in Rio, and the lobby bar hosts occasional live music. Free Wi-Fi and a free breakfast buffet are nice extras. Expect a 20-minute drive from the tourist area of Copacabana. For some the distance is a perk, while others may feel it's too far away from the action. Note that the hotel is located near Rocinha, an area that can feel seedy.
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Scene
Large chain hotel with gorgeous views
The multistory Royal Tulip Rio Sao Conrado hotel was renovated in 2014. Its white, balcony-lined facade is simply decorated with international flags and reflective surfaces that mirror the palm trees and flowers planted across the street. Inside, the lobby floor is lined with geometric white, gray, and black tiles. A wooden table holds Champagne glasses and bottles of sparkling wine on ice. Brown leather club chairs offer a space to read the newspaper, which is set out on black circular tables. Pots of green plants and one yellow wall add a touch of color. This property is popular with business and leisure travelers alike, and the expansive public spaces mean that crowding isn't a problem here.
Location
Across the street from São Conrado beach
The hotel offers a São Conrado district location, outside of the Copacabana tourism scene of Rio de Janeiro, which has its pros and cons. The scene itself is picture perfect: amazing white-sand beach, high surrounding mountains with the lush Tijuca Forest, and the dramatic Pedra da Gávea rock as a backdrop. Also in the vicinity is Rocinha, one of the largest favelas (slum areas) of South America. Although security has much improved in recent years, the location, particularly at night or on busy weekends, may not always feel so safe to walk around. Sewage water from the favela runs untreated to the ocean, just a few hundred meters away from the hotel.São Conrado district is mainly residential though it does offer the Fashion Mall, a major shopping center filled with high-end boutiques, fancy restaurants, and movie theaters. Expect a 20-to 30-minute drive to Copacabana and Ipanema. Galeão International Airport is about an hour's drive from the hotel. Santos Dumont Airport can be reached in around 30 minutes. There's a charge for parking at the hotel.
Rooms
Spacious and comfortable
The hotel offers 416 rooms in six different categories: Standard, Superior, Deluxe, Studio, Suite, and Presidential Suite. Each comes with a flat-screen TV, safe, stocked minibar, and most importantly -- a balcony offering some of the best panoramic views of the ocean. Rooms have either wood laminate or carpeted floors, and all have writing desks and modern furniture. Wi-Fi is free in rooms and public areas, but some guests have reported problems of poor connections. The hotel also offers high-speed Internet, but for a fee.Bathrooms -- in the newly renovated rooms -- are elegant and modern. They feature beautiful gray and beige ceramic tiles, showers or granite bathtubs, and good quality toiletries. Past guests have complained about air-conditioning maintenance issues and thin walls.
Features
Fabulous swimming pool area, fitness center, and three restaurants
The hotels offers several convenient features for its guests. A hot buffet breakfast gets high marks from past guests; its served in the Aquarela restaurant, which also offers a la carte lunch and dinner. Crafted Burger Shop serves gourmet burgers and hot dogs until late. 222 Contemporâneois the spot for fine-dining Spanish food at dinner. The lobby bar offers a chic ambiance and live music a few nights a week. Adjacent to the lobby is an outdoor bar on a deck which offers beautiful ocean views. For business travelers, the hotel has a conference hall and 19 meeting room facilities.The hotel offers free chairs, umbrellas, and towels for guests at the beach across the street. A second swimming option is the gorgeous rooftop swimming pool with an adjacent shallow pool for kids. The deck provides ocean and Pedra da Gávea views, and a poolside bar serves drinks and fresh fruit juices. Next to the pool is a children's play area where the hotel organizes supervised activities for kids on the weekend. Another highlight is the spacious and modern fitness center with LifeFitness cardio machines and weights. The gym is free for hotel guests, but is open to non-guests as well. It features a pilates room and massage area.The hotel offers a wide variety of concierge services, and guests may purchase city tours, and tickets to samba shows or football games at the Maracanã. At the lobby level there are couple of jewelry shops, a tourist center, and a beauty salon. Spotty Wi-Fi is free throughout the hotel.
