chensiyuan / CC BY-SA 4.0Where to stay in Ipanema & Leblon
Two bairros in a row along the southern shore, between the ocean and the Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas: a beach divided into numbered posts that work as social addresses, a grid of low buildings behind it, and the densest run of good restaurants, bars and bookshops in the city. Leblon is the quieter and dearer end, Ipanema the busier one; the two are one place with a canal in the middle. What you pay for it is the highest rates on this list, and what you give up is the historic city, half an hour north.
Price level · Luxury
Rio de Janeiro
Area scorecard
Scored 0–10 by Where Stay Guide. No overall total: every traveller weights these differently.
- Sightseeing
- 7.0
- Walkability
- 9.0
- Transport
- 7.5
- Food
- 9.0
- Nightlife
- 7.0
- Quietness
- 6.0
- Families
- 8.0
- Value
- 5.0
- Airport / station
- 6.5
- First trip
- 9.0
Best for
- A first trip built around the beach, walking and eating
- Couples, and anyone who wants to leave the room without a plan
- Travellers who would rather pay for a shorter walk than a bigger room
Choose elsewhere if
- You are here for the colonial city and the museums
- You are watching what you spend
- You want the largest choice of hotels at every price