Mr & Mrs Smith

Fasano Rio

Rio De Janeiro, Brazil

This Starck-styled boutique hotel sits on the sexiest stretch of Rio de Janeiro. Fasano Rio is brought to you by a hospitality family who’ve been in the restaurant and hotel game for more than 100 years. With a glass exterior, a white marble pool on the roof, and a section of private beach, it’s all about the glitz and glam of the supermodel's seafront.

Need to know

• Rooms 89, including 10 suites.
• Rates Double rooms from AU$784.20 ($770), excluding tax at 5 per cent. Please note the hotel charges an additional local city tax of $6.00 per room per night on check-out.
  The price shown represents the lowest nightly rate for a double room available at this hotel over the next 21 days. Any price conversions from the hotel's local currency ($770) have been conducted using today's exchange rates from xe.com.
• More details Rates include a 15-minute welcome massage, personal trainer and use of the rooftop pool, but exclude breakfast (R$58 each).
• Facilities Spa, gardens, gym and WiFi (R$50 a day). In rooms: flatscreen TV, CD/DVD player, iPod dock, free bottled water and Affinity bath products.
• Poolside There’s a heated marble infinity pool on the roof overlooking Ipanema Beach.
• Check-out 12pm. Earliest check-in, 3pm.
• Children Extra beds and cots can be added to Deluxe rooms, Suites and Deluxe Suites, free. There’s a lifeguard at the pool from 9am until 8pm. Babysitting can be arranged with 24 hours’ notice. Toys and DVDs can be borrowed, and cookies and milk are provided
• Also Small pets are allowed, as is smoking (in bedrooms only). Two bedrooms have wheelchair access.

Food and drink at Fasano Rio

• Hotel restaurant Al Mare restaurant is named after the sea; look out for Italian-inspired seafood suppers, such as seared tuna with baked endive and a fish-based lasagne. Expect great things from this restaurant superpower (Vittorio Fasano opened the first outpost in São Paulo in 1902).
• Dress code Skimpy supermodel chic – this is the land of Alessandra Ambrosios and Giseles (don’t let that put you off your three courses).
• Top table For privacy, one of the spread-out tables with deep wooden seats and big white cushions on the terrace. For people-watching, ask for a table inside, close to the window for a full view of the restaurant.
• Last orders Breakfast starts at 6.30am and is available until 10.30am; lunch is 12pm–3.30pm; dinner is from 7pm until the last guest is ready to leave.
• Room service Breakfast and an abridged version of the menu is on offer 24 hours a day.
• Hotel bar Baretto Londra is named after the owner’s favourite city (London, if you’re still guessing). It’s small and intimate, with leather chairs, aged Argentine red brick, low-lighting and Union Flags. The cocktails aren’t bad, either – try the yellow-fruits caipirinha.

Fasano Rio Av. Viera Souto 80, Rio De Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, 22420 000