Copacabana Palace, A Belmond Hotel, Rio de Janeiro

What the classifiers highlight

Built in 1923 in a French Riviera style, this art deco address holds 220 rooms and three restaurants facing Copacabana Beach. A standard room here never faces the sand, but a suite can. MICHELIN gives one star to Cipriani, where chef Nello Cassese cooks Italian plates from local ingredients, and Forbes still praises the piano bar and pool deck.