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Smart, modern hotel with glorious views and an ideal location on the Copacabana beachfront.

The attractive, contemporary Porto Bay Rio International is ideally located on Copacabana’s beachfront with superb views across the coastline from the striking rooftop pool. Guestrooms are relatively spacious and most have sought-after ocean views and balconies, unusual in Rio.

Rooms without balconies have floor-to-ceiling windows and magnificent, dual-aspect views. Rooms also have air-con, cable TV, Wifi and ensuite bathrooms.

There is a 5th-floor restaurant with great beach views, plus a sauna, small gym, cafe and bar, while the highlight is undoubtedly the rooftop lounge bar and decked open-air pool area overlooking Copacabana’s golden sands.

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What our clients say

  • “Porto Bay Rio Internacional Hotel, Rio de Janeiro. Great location on Copacabana, superb roof terrace, great caparinhas. Not tremendously characterful, and they were a bit slow sorting out a problem…

    RG, Greenwich Jul 2013
  • Helpful , efficient, friendly staff. Room very clean and comfortable. Great views from breakfast room/roof.

    JW, Isle of Islay Mar 2026
  • “Super hotel in Rio - Porto Bay - very wide selection of foods for breakfast. Best of the whole tour. The hotel allowed us to use the sauna shower to…

    VD, Thatcham Sep 2011
  • The hotel is in an ideal location right on Copacabana beach and close to shops, restaurants and bars.  The rooftop terrace is particularly nice.  Our room which faced the side…

    AER, Edinburgh Aug 2015
  • Lovely hotel with and excellent location, roof top pool and bar small but the weather was not conducive to swimming when we were there. Can be a bit swamped by…

    MS, London May 2016
  • "We asked to change our room as the one we were given was small cramped and noisy ( I think they were refurbishing the room above us ) They were…

    CD, Corbridge Sep 2014
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A globetrotter since her childhood, Alex spent a year studying abroad in Guadalajara and has returned to Latin America countless times since then.

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