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Experience Rio de Janeiro at the Hotel JW Marriott,
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

The Hotel JW Marriott – Rio de Janeiro has been selected by DiscoverBrazil as one of the top five hotels in Rio de Janeiro, among the Hotel Copacabana Palace, the Hotel Miramar, the Hotel Caesar Park and the Hotel Sofitel. The JW Marriott is located in the central area of Rio de Janeiro, on the Atlantic Avenue in front of Copacabana beach and walking distance from Rio’s main attractions.

The Hotel JW Marriott is equipped with 245 rooms which provide the elegance, sophistication and comfort that characterize the Marriott Hotels. The rooms offer all the necessary features such as 2-line phone, speaker phone, voice mail, internet connection, in-room fax, cable/satellite TV, delivered newspaper, minibar, coffee machine, air conditioning, among others. The infrastructure of the hotel is also ideal for businesses and conventions. For recreation, sauna, health club, and outdoor swimming pool are among of the facilities that the Hotel JW Marriott offers.

Rio de Janeiro is called ‘A cidade maravilhosa’ (the marvelous city). This city, its sensuous mountains, the exuberant surroundings and the cosmopolitan air will impress the most demanding guests. It is really a magical place that must be experienced. Rio de Janeiro is a must visit in one’s lifetime. While staying at the Hotel JW Marriott, you can’t miss the opportunity to visit the landmarks of this marvelous city such as the Corcovado (the Christ statue) and the Pão de Açúcar (Sugar Loaf). Discoverbrazil offers tours to the Corcovado and the Pão de Açúcar, and also tours to the not so touristy locations such as the Tijuca National Park (the forest that hugs the city of Rio de Janeiro), the Castro Maya Museum from where you can see a 360-degree view of Rio de Janeiro and the Guanabara bay, and the Burle Max home and museum, among others.

Facts to know about Rio de Janeiro: Rio de Janeiro was first visited by the Portuguese navigator Gonçalo Coelho who arrived on January 1st of 1502. Rio de Janeiro is named after that date, Janeiro means January in Portuguese. People might wonder where the River (Rio or ‘heeoo’) is located in Rio de Janeiro, but the Portuguese, when they arrived at the Guanabara Bay they thought it was the mouth of a river and called the city, Rio de Janeiro (January River) without noticing that was just a bay. Around 6.5 million people inhabit this cosmopolitan city according to the last census in 2000. The landscape of Rio de Janeiro is so impressive, a combination of dark blue sea with wooded mountains such as the Pão de Açúcar (Sugar Loaf), that Brazilians say that ‘God made the world in 6 days; the seventh he devoted to Rio.” Visiting Rio de Janeiro is a blessing and staying at the Hotel JW Marriott is a treasure.