Yoo2

Sugarloaf out front, Christ the Redeemer on Corcovado mountain framed in your bedroom window: the Yoo2 boasts wonderful views (from the bedrooms and the expansive rooftop bar and pool area) and elegant hipster fittings, at a great price.

Rooms are modern-minimalist, with splashes of colour from funky moulded chairs, and monochrome floor mosaics which echo Rio’s famous dragon’s tooth paving.

The cablecar up Sugarloaf is five-minutes’ cab ride away and upcoming Botafogo neighbourhood has some of Rio’s coolest alternative restaurants and bars.