Independent Downtown - Santos Dumont Airport hotels in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Ok, very good! Nice place! Good rooms..............

The Snob is an independent hotel with 6 floors and 2 elevators, although the elevators serve only the first five floors (keep this in mind if you happen to get a room on the 6th floor, you have to use a staircase). Built sometime in the 70s, its infrastructure is somewhat used, but still running and clean. I assume it was a love-hotel in the past, so don’t expect the plain vanilla Hilton interior. Instead, you find mirrored walls, a huge bathroom with jacuzzi, steam bath and sauna. Also, you will get a flat-screen television, safe [laptop compatible], WiFi connection, air conditioning, mini bar etc. Also, there is a nice breakfast buffet with available. Not all staff at the 24-hour reception is able to speak/write in English. Regardless the language barrier, the staff was friendly and helpful and doing their best to handle any issue. E.g. on the day before our departure, the air conditioning in our room stopped working and the hotel manager offered us immediately to switch the room. The Snob Hotel is located in Lapa, and there is a bus station just a 2-minutes’ walk away, brining you to the ‘Central’-terminal (on Avenida Presidente Vargas, one of Rio’s most important streets), where you can catch buses for all directions or using the Metro. Going to Copacabana or Ipanema will take you between 20-50 minutes, depending on your choice of transportation (taxi, bus or metro). Also, there is a huge supermarket (‘Mundial’, Rua Riachuelo) just a 7-minutes’ walk away from the hotel.

My stay at the OK HOTEL was excellent. Kind employees, clean rooms and an old hotel well maintained. Excellent breakfast and cordiality. Excellent location, subway very near for going to the most interesting places of the city. I was very satisfied of my stay there.

Lived up to my expectations. I would recomend it to freinds and family.

THE HOTEL STAFF IS VERY VERY VERY KIND THEY ARE REALLY PROTECTIVE OF WHO COMES TO VISIT U, OVERALL IT WAS WORTH THE MONEY

Good location in the central district of Rio. Easy access to buses to Copacabana, Ipanema etc and close to the metro station. Close to Bus terminal (for intercity buses) by cab. Rooms are clean and comfortable. Good service too.

Excellent hotel for price and convenience. It was a pleasure to stay at the Hotel for two nights would have stayed longer but they were sold out.

I have no complaints. I found exactly what I expected: a small, clean and reasonably comfortable place to sleep while visiting Rio de Janeiro. It is situated near everything, except for the beaches to the West, but there is plenty of public transportation to get there (taxis, subway, buses). While it may be true that it is better not to wander alone late at night (except from Thursday evening on, when the district is full of life), I did not see it particularly more dangerous than other places at other cities I have been to in Latin America or elsewhere. There are some people living in the street and wandering about in some places, but they don't bother you at all. There are good restaurants (the adega Flor de Coimbra, for example, is great), bars and places where you can dance all around. If, instead, you want to pray, the Catholic cathedral, the Presbyterian cathedral and many other churches are nearby as is the downtown area with all its attractions. You can even go on foot, it will not take you very long to get to get to everything that is worth seeing. The front desk guys are serious, but helpful. The internet was not as bad as some report it. And I agree that breakfast is copious and varied.

Very nice place to stay.... great location, the room has all the amenities you could expect to have from home. The elevator talks to you. It is convenient to everything. Convenience store across the street in case you forgot anything. would stay again if we had a coupon, but a great hotel for a getaway. . The staff were all great and very helpful... from the front desk, the kitchen, and the maid, right down to the security guy walking the parking lot. Prepare to walk, the parking lot is not convenient. The entrance is the main door and it is the furthest point from the parking lot... what genius thought that up?!?!?! You can not get in with your room key at the side entrance unless you have someone waiting for you. If you can avoid it, come in the off season when the parking lot is not so full. Don't purchase the breakfast package, unless you really don't want to go out....it was good, just not worth the amount forked out in the package. Didn't get to use the pool, but it was nice and clean, if I had time, I would have definitely taken a swim.

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