Rio de Janeiro is quintessentially Brazil. This is where every custom and region of this immense and wild country finds expression. The religious side to Brazil is reflected in the enormous statue of Christ the Redeemer on the heights of Corcovado, the wild side in the rocky summit of Sugar Loaf and in the splendid bay of Guanabara, and along the series of beautiful beaches, not forgetting the contrast between the poor Brazil of the shanty-towns and the luxurious quarters of Ipanema fashionable to an extreme.

Surrounded by the Serra dos Orgãos National Park and the Três Picos State Park, a region with lush Atlantic Rain Forests and steeped in the Imperial history of Brazil, Hotel Rosa dos Ventos combines style and refinement in harmony with nature and regard for the environment through a pionneering environmental programme in Brazil