Wilfredor / CC0Where to stay in Copacabana & Leme
Four kilometres of beach in a curve, with Leme closing the eastern end under the hill, and behind it a dense grid of tall buildings holding more hotel rooms than the rest of this list together. Two metro stations, a promenade busy from six in the morning, and every price of room from a hostel to a palace on the same avenue. Louder, older and less fashionable than Ipanema, and for most first visits the practical answer rather than the romantic one.
Price level · Mid-range
Rio de Janeiro
Area scorecard
Scored 0–10 by Where Stay Guide. No overall total: every traveller weights these differently.
- Sightseeing
- 7.5
- Walkability
- 8.5
- Transport
- 8.5
- Food
- 7.5
- Nightlife
- 7.5
- Quietness
- 4.5
- Families
- 7.0
- Value
- 7.5
- Airport / station
- 7.0
- First trip
- 8.8
Best for
- A first trip that wants choice and a metro
- Travellers who want the beach at a rate Ipanema will not give them
- Anyone arriving without a plan
Choose elsewhere if
- You want the quieter, dearer version of the same coast
- You are here for the food
- You want a residential street