The Fasano family presented its new and luxurious baby last August 14: the Fasano Rio Hotel. This property immediately ranked among the most prestigious in the city, and marks Philippe Starck’s return to the fore of South American hotels after his noteworthy work for the Faena Hotel + Universe de Buenos Aires (whose management was initially supposed to manage this new property until the Fasano dynasty took over the project). This time, the French designer took his inspiration from the city’s golden age: the 50s and 60s, when Rio was the preferred destination of the international jet-set... Everything, from the atmosphere to the furniture invokes the ghosts of this glorious epoch, blended with a very modern chic. The eight floors are all wood, glass and marble and house 82 rooms and 10 suites, each of which has a balcony looking over the celebrated Ipanema beach. The swimming pool, located on the roof, offers a spectacular panorama of Rio’s skyscrapers on one side, and the Atlantic Ocean on the other. For relaxation within the hotel: the lounge-bar nightclub “Londra” is already a hot spot for fashionable local night-life and a place celebrities go. Finally gastronomy is honored at the Italo-Brazilian shellfish restaurant Al Mare, under the direction of the chef Luca Guzzoni.The Fasano family presented its new and luxurious baby last August 14: the Fasano Rio Hotel. This property immediately ranked among the most prestigious in the city, and marks Philippe Starck’s return to the fore of South American hotels after his noteworthy work for the Faena Hotel + Universe de Buenos Aires (whose management was initially supposed to manage this new property until the Fasano dynasty took over the project). This time, the French designer took his inspiration from the city’s golden age: the 50s and 60s, when Rio was...