Lounges

Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais

Belo Horizonte's Savassi entertainment district hosts one of Brazil's most acclaimed bar and lounge cultures — a Minas Gerais capital city whose extraordinary mineiro food tradition (home of pão de queijo, tutu à mineira, and the finest cachaça-producing state in Brazil) and remarkable design sensibility create lounge environments of distinctive Brazilian interior culture. Savassi's outstanding concentration of sophisticated bars and its position as the social heart of BH create a lounge district of genuine Brazilian regional cultural significance.

R. Pernambuco, 1400, Belo Horizonte, MG 30130-151

Recife, Pernambuco

Recife's Boa Viagem beachfront lounge scene represents the northeastern Brazilian joie de vivre — a coastal capital city whose extraordinary frevo and maracatu musical traditions, legendary Carnival (considered by many the most authentic and participatory in Brazil), and warm tropical Atlantic beach setting create lounge experiences shaped by one of the richest Afro-Brazilian cultural environments in the country. Recife's remarkable cultural depth and its beautiful beachfront setting create lounges of genuine Brazilian northeastern cultural significance.

Av. Boa Viagem, Recife, PE 51111-000

Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro

Aprazível in Santa Teresa is one of Rio de Janeiro's most romantic and atmospheric lounge restaurants — a beautifully terraced garden venue in the hillside bohemian district that offers extraordinary views over the city, Guanabara Bay, and the Sugarloaf Mountain while serving outstanding contemporary Brazilian cuisine and exceptional cocktails. The venue's extraordinary natural garden setting and its remarkable combination of food, cocktails, and panoramic views create a lounge experience of considerable Rio de Janeiro cultural and aesthetic significance.

R. Aprazível, 62, Rio de Janeiro, RJ 20241-320

Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro

Rio de Janeiro's Porto Maravilha (Marvellous Port) revitalization area has transformed the city's historic harbor into one of Brazil's most exciting urban culture and lounge destinations — a waterfront precinct where the Museum of Tomorrow, MAR Museum of Art of Rio, and outstanding bars and lounges create a new cultural frontier in one of the world's most beautiful harbor cities. The area's extraordinary transformation and its remarkable views of Guanabara Bay create lounge experiences of genuine Rio de Janeiro contemporary cultural significance.

Praça Mauá, Rio de Janeiro, RJ 20081-250

Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro

Leblon is Rio de Janeiro's most exclusive and beautiful beachfront neighborhood — a stretch of oceanfront where the world's most beautiful beach setting, combined with the extraordinary wealth and sophistication of Rio's most affluent community, creates beach lounge and kiosk culture of remarkable Brazilian luxury lifestyle significance. Leblon's outstanding combination of natural beauty (with Morro Dois Irmãos as backdrop) and sophisticated lifestyle creates beach lounges unlike any others in South America.

Av. Delfim Moreira, Leblon, Rio de Janeiro, RJ 22441-000

São Paulo, São Paulo

Bossa Nova & Companhia in Itaim Bibi is one of São Paulo's most elegant jazz and bossa nova lounges — a sophisticated destination presenting live performances of the Brazilian musical genre that changed the world when it emerged from Rio de Janeiro's Ipanema neighborhood in the late 1950s. The lounge's outstanding musical programming and its refined atmosphere create a venue where the extraordinary beauty and sophistication of Brazilian music can be appreciated in appropriate surroundings.

R. Clodomiro Amazonas, 48, São Paulo, SP 04537-011

São Paulo, São Paulo

São Paulo has the largest Lebanese diaspora community outside of Lebanon itself, and its extraordinary Arab-Brazilian fusion food and cocktail lounge culture in neighborhoods like Higienópolis reflects this remarkable cultural heritage. The city's outstanding cocktail lounge scene blends Brazilian mixology innovation with Arab-influenced hospitality traditions to create lounge experiences found nowhere else in the world.

R. Peixoto Gomide, 1492, São Paulo, SP 01409-002

São Paulo, São Paulo

São Paulo's luxury hotel rooftop lounge scene represents one of the most sophisticated cocktail cultures in the Southern Hemisphere — a city of 22 million people where the extraordinary density of talent, wealth, and cosmopolitan ambition creates a hotel bar culture of remarkable international quality. The best São Paulo hotel lounges offer expansive views over the vast São Paulo cityscape, one of the world's most dramatic and densely built urban landscapes.

Av. Interlagos, 1150, São Paulo, SP 04661-300

São Paulo, São Paulo

Terraço Itália on the 41st floor of the Edifício Itália is São Paulo's most iconic rooftop restaurant and lounge — a 1960s-era skyscraper observation bar with 360-degree panoramic views over the entire São Paulo metropolitan area that remains the most spectacular viewpoint in the city of skyscrapers. The Terraço's extraordinary views, its remarkable 1960s modernist architecture, and its historic role as a São Paulo entertainment landmark create a lounge of considerable Brazilian architectural and hospitality heritage significance.

Av. Ipiranga, 344, São Paulo, SP 01046-010

São Paulo, São Paulo

Hotel Fasano São Paulo is the most prestigious luxury hotel in Brazil — a Jardins institution designed by Philippe Starck that has been consistently recognized as the finest hotel in South America, where the cocktail lounge serves as a gathering place for Brazil's creative elite, fashion industry, and international visitors of discernment. The Fasano's extraordinary interior design and its remarkable role as the social salon of sophisticated São Paulo create a hotel lounge of genuine Brazilian luxury hospitality significance.

R. Vittorio Fasano, 88, São Paulo, SP 01414-020