Upmarket hotel with sweeping city views, refined dining & a spa, plus free breakfast & Wi-Fi. Overlooking Trianon Park, this upscale downtown hotel is a 5-minute walk from the Museum of Art of São Paulo Assis Chateaubriand, and 4 km from Ibirapuera Park. The plush rooms offer free Wi-Fi and flat-screen TVs, plus minibars and sofas. Upgraded rooms and suites add Nespresso machines, iPod docks and Victorian bathtubs. Some have park views, and living and dining areas. A presidential suite features a whirlpool tub, a sauna, a kitchen and a wine-tasting area. Rooms service is available. A free breakfast buffet is served in a casual restaurant. There's also a refined city-view eatery and a lounge, along with a spa and meeting space.
Alameda Santos, 1437 - Cerqueira César, São Paulo - SP, 01419-001, Brazil Get directions
"Location, location . . . and now luxury. The Portuguese chain Tivoli overhauled this 220-room concrete business hotel one block from São Paulo’s main drag (Avenida Paulista), two blocks from its best museum (the MASP), and in its top restaurant area (Jardins), finally giving the perfect address the swank it deserves. The glass-enclosed lobby is surrounded by vegetation that makes it feel more tropical retreat than big-city high-rise. Set beyond the slick Narã Bar & Lounge is a cozy pool area with a multitude of lounging options among the cushiony daybeds, beach chairs, and chaise longues. The orange-tiled pool itself is oddly overheated but perfect for admiring over a complimentary caipirinha. (Order the tangerine version with pouco açucar—lightly sweetened.) Earth-tone rooms are spacious if utilitarian, though a Nespresso machine and Brazilian-themed turndown service (Havaianas flip-flops and a treat like a chocolate-honey pão de mel) add a homey touch. Catalan chef Sergi Arola’s first restaurant outside Spain, Arola Vintetres, has a high-end tapas menu; the twenty-third-floor restaurant is already a hot spot with Paulistas. Overall, service is extremely considerate if occasionally flawed: Dial "3" for everything becomes dial "3" for nothing if no one answers, as happened twice to our reviewer. But as long as someone picks up the phone, requests are fulfilled with speed and flair."
"Entering the Tivoli feels akin to walking into a conservatory—glass ceilings and walls, warmth and light, plants everywhere, and a lobby floor so clean, it seems to sparkle. What a welcome respite from the buzz a block away on São Paulo’s main drag, Avenida Paulista. Behind the lobby, the elegant yet cool Must bar and its caipirinhas beckon; upstairs, some 200 guest rooms in neutral tones have fluffy king-size beds that are hard to leave. Comfort and class have come to define the family-run Tivoli, now a member of the Leading Hotels of the World, the largest collection of independent luxury hotels. It also has an enviable location, within two blocks of MASP (São Paulo Museum of Art), spanning centuries and continents, with Brazilian artists represented as well as Van Gogh, Monet, Renoir, Picasso, and more. Make time for a meal at Seen restaurant and bar—with a name like that (and 360-degree views of the city, a window seat for every diner), it’s practically manifested itself as an SP hot spot." - Laura Dannen Redman
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