Ibis @ Rio, Santos Dumont
Sunday, Feb 11, 8:36am
Av. Mal. Câmara, 280 – 1º andar – Centro,
Rio de Janeiro – RJ, 20020-080, Brazil
This is a 2-star hotel. It looks nicer online and in photos.
… more surrounding pix on Google Maps, TA
Alberto Santos Dumont (1873–1932) was a Brazilian aviation pioneer. Near the hotel is Rio’s 2nd airport SDU that is named after him.
We booked this in early January and by then, not many hotels were available, due to the carnival, which runs Feb 9th to 14th.
The glitters remain in the lobby, as we’re leaving on Tuesday, Feb 13
It’s in ‘central’ but the surrounding area is rather desolated; except every morning, the dressed up or down carnival crowds gathers by the hotel.
The room is small but functional. The bed and pillow are ok. Shower water pressure is pretty strong, which is good. It provides a mini refrigerator and a safe. Same dirty plates are often left in the hall way for extended time.
- condensation fm the air conditioner drips, and they never provide an extra towel to absorb it
- slow elevators
- room isn’t cleaned every day – no biggie
The bar in the lobby is ok. I didn’t visit restaurant on the first floor. We used Uber or taxi to get around.
… the Carnival starts from our hotel – on the mornings of 10th Saturday and 11th, Sunday by our hotel:
