Américas Barra Hotel

The view from the roof top. The bed was comfortable.

The phone in our room never worked. The balcony sliding doors didn’t close all the way. It was hard to sleep at night because of the noise from the traffic because the balcony doors did not close proper. We complained about this the first day and they never did anything about it. They finally offered to switch us rooms the last night, but they know most people won’t bother packing up when you only have one night left! There was Cigarette smell from others smoking on their balcony that came in our room because the sliding doors didn’t close proper. The door to our room looked like someone had tried to break into it before. The door locks had tape all over it from the inside. There was an awful sewage smell in the room all the times. We stayed 4 nights, 2 nights no hot water to shower with. The roof top jacuzzi was absolutely disgusting!!! Visible filth and grime all over the jacuzzi tub. The jacuzzi is very small for how big this hotel is and how many people can stay there. The sauna was out of order. The tour company the hotel is affiliated with was just awful, very unorganized, the tour guide was very rude! We ended up having to take a Uber home, because he didn’t give good instructions for pick up location!! Awful! I DO NOT recommend this place, STAY AWAY. Spend your money elsewhere. Very far from Ipanema and Copacabana.