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Frommer's Exceptional

The Fasano family, successful São Paulo restaurateurs, decided several years ago to apply their hospitality experience to the hotel industry. In 2003, the São Paulo Fasano opened its doors, followed in 2007 by the Rio de Janeiro Fasano (designed by Phillipe Starck). The hotel is decorated with elegant 1930s period furniture, combined with clean modern design elements. All 50 rooms and 10 suites are beautifully appointed with sober, modern furniture, hardwood floors, Persian rugs, Venetian blinds and feature a king-size bed with 500-thread Egyptian cotton sheets and goose down pillows. The white marble bathrooms feature deluxe touches such as l'Occitane amenities and a towel warmer. As you move up the categories, the rooms get progressively bigger and more luxurious. The deluxe room is bigger than the superior room and has a sitting area and a bathtub in addition to the shower. The suite is more than twice the size of the superior room and features a separate living room with a plasma TV and Bang & Olufsen sound system; the spacious bathroom also has a Jacuzzi tub. Of course in terms of food, guests are in excellent hands here. The hotel's signature restaurant, Fasano, is one of the top Italian restaurants in South America, and breakfast and room service are prepared by the chef of the Nonno Ruggero, the hotel's upscale trattoria.

Copyright: Excerpted from Frommer's Brazil, 4th Edition, (c) 2008, Wiley Publishing, Inc.

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