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Hotel Arpoador

Arpoador · Rio de Janeiro · Brazil

The terrace of the Hotel Arpoador over Ipanema beach, with the Dois Irmãos at sunset
The terrace of the Hotel Arpoador over Ipanema beach, with the Dois Irmãos at sunset
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A white sea-view room at the Hotel Arpoador, with a hammock on the balcony and the beach beyond
A white sea-view room at the Hotel Arpoador, with a hammock on the balcony and the beach beyond
Photo creditImage courtesy of © Hotel Arpoador

A small hotel on the rocks at Arpoador, where Copacabana turns into Ipanema, with the sunset in front of it.

The Hotel Arpoador is at Rua Francisco Otaviano 177, beside the Pedra do Arpoador, where Rio comes to watch the sun go down over Ipanema.

  • Sunset at Arpoador

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