Hotel Novo Mundo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Average hotel but great views

 by  mbbx3wsb  on  2009-03-04

The hotel was average in interior but comfortable and everything you needed was available. Staff were ok but sometimes snooty. Location was goo...

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decent place

 by  swift75  on  2008-11-16

This was booked for me by a business travel agent. It is not quite as nice as it appears on the website. The neighborhood, Praia do Flamengo, i...

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Novo Mundo - Flamengo

 by  Corcaigh_carioca  on  2008-04-12

Some friends of ours were on their first visit to Rio, and we wanted them to have a memorable introduction. We booked 2 suites in the Novo Mund...

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A good choice in Rio

 by  utt959  on  2008-04-04

I found this hotel by their website. The room was comfortable, the superior room had a nice view of sugarloaf. Noise was above average but mana...

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Great Hotel, Great Location

 by  SLBBoy  on  2008-03-18

We stayed at Hotel Novo Mundo over the New Year 2007-2008, and had a wonderful time in Rio. The Flamengo district where the hotel is located is...

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Standard

 by  mr_beng  on  2007-03-15

Stayed at carnaval 2007, means roomprices are high. Good service at the reception. Ok breakfast. Rooms a litte old. They had a 'promotion' for ...

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Stay at a New World in Novo Mundo

 by  A Yahoo! Contributor  on  2005-08-09

I had a grat experience at Novo Mundo, I was in Rio for business and was going to stay at Hotel Gloria (one just a few blocks from the other)bu...

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Novo Mundo`s Glamour

 by  A Yahoo! Contributor  on  2005-08-08

Think about getting back to the glorious 50s,this is what you feel when you step inside Hotel Novo Mundos great hall.The marble,the furniture,the

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Its a great example of a nice 50s traditional hotel

 by  A Yahoo! Contributor  on  2005-08-08

I really enjoyed Novo Mundo Hotel,its popular with the business crowd.The suites are spacious and cozy, i had the oportunity to visit the deluxe su

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Great Experience at Novo Mundo

 by  anonymous  on  2008-01-02

We had never been to Rio before, and we planned our trip at one of the busiest times of the year, the New Year Celebration (Reveillon). We somehow managed to get a really cheap hotel room at the Hotel Novo Mundo, but were a little concerned about the location, in a district called Flamengo. As it turned out, we were perfectly located for everything we wanted to do, without all the distractions/reported dangers offered by Copacabana and Ipanema. We were within a 10 minute bus ride from the famous beaches and all the famous sights of Rio de Janeiro, in a hotel that is apparently well-maintained and reasonably well-staffed. The all-you-can-eat buffet breakfast was included in our room price, and the room (for 3 people) was big enough, clean enough, and comfortable enough for me to stay there again without hesitation. Most of the people staying in the hotel were foreigners, so the staff must know English pretty well (I used Portuguese to avoid any confusion), and we were able to get taxis to the airport reserved through the front desk. We felt perfectly safe walking around in the neighborhood, and found a number of inexpensive, quaint, and interesting restaurants within a 5 minute walk. The nearest beach is Flamengo, and I would advise against swimming there, as it is on the Bay and not the Atlantic. Overall, our hotel experience was excellent, and I would recommend the Novo Mundo and its surroundings very highly to anyone who is considering an alternative to the busier and more expensive areas of Copacabana, Ipanema, and Leblon.