Best Rio de Janeiro-Copacabana holiday apartments

Copacabana encapsulates all that is glamorous and chic about Rio de Janeiro. Its famous curved beach stretches for four kilometres and is one of the most photographed in the world, appearing in countless movies and advertisements. It is not hard to see why – this is where stunning natural beauty meets the rich and beautiful of the world. Hotels line the seafront but that doesn’t mean you have to join the other tourists to stay here. With your own holiday apartment in Copacabana from 9flats you can live among the locals in privately owned accommodation and see a side of the city most visitors will never experience. It’s much better than couchsurfing in Copacabana because there is no sharing involved – when you close the front door the apartment is all yours to enjoy.

Holiday apartments in Copacabana between mountains and the sea

9flats lets you holiday like a local in most countries worldwide, including other glamorous beach destinations. Search the site for holiday flats in Nice for example, to get a taste of the range of fantastic destinations available. A holiday apartment in Copacabana puts you in a city so great the locals call it Cidade Maravilhosa, the marvellous city. The setting is unforgettable, with the buildings of Copacabana caught between a sparkling sea and the dramatic slopes of Sugar Loaf Mountain and the Moro do Leme range. Just along the coast 9flats also has vacation homes in Ipanema, another famous beach which shares this stunning scenery.

Enjoying beach life from a holiday flat in Copacabana

The beach is never far from a Copacabana vacation home and the life there goes on day and night. When the sun is up it is a riot of colour and activity with people jogging or cycling along the promenade, relaxing beneath umbrellas on the sand and enjoying the warm ocean water. When night falls and the air is cooler the footballs come out and impromptu games are played until the small hours. On the promenade groups of musicians gather and the night comes alive with Latin rhythms. There are dozens of bars and cafes along the seafront where you can relax over a drink and enjoy the spectacle. The restaurants can be expensive but with your own kitchen in a holiday flat in Rio de Janeiro you won’t have to eat out every night.

Designer style in a Rio de Janeiro vacation home

In Copacabana even the promenade has a designer label, having been created by the Brazilian architect Roberto Burle Marx in traditional Portuguese calçada to represent the form of a rolling wave. There is more fine architecture to be found in the Art Deco buildings dotted around the area, most notably the 1920s Copacabana Palace Hotel on Avenida Atlântica which is considered to be one of the best in Rio. And if all this makes you want to see more of Brazil browse the 9flats site for vacation homes in Sao Paulo to experience life in the country’s commercial capital.