Beachfront luxury rentals in Rio.

Beachfront luxury rentals in Rio.

Beachfront means different things along Rio's coast, and we rent across the range. In Copacabana it's a three-suite penthouse over Avenida Atlântica. In Ipanema it's a linear penthouse that sleeps eight a short step from the sand. In São Conrado it's a villa above the beach that sleeps twelve. And in Vidigal it's a beach apartment with a view down the coast for a fraction of the price.

Nightly rates run from about US$110 in Vidigal to US$3,300 for the São Conrado villa, so "beachfront" here spans a first-trip apartment and a full-family compound. What they share is the thing you actually came for: the water in front of you when you wake up, and a serviced home behind you so the trip runs itself.

Which beach suits the trip.

Copacabana is the grand, round-the-clock crescent — front-row buildings, the promenade, the fireworks at New Year. Ipanema is calmer and more walkable, with the best sand in the city. São Conrado is the quiet, green end below the hang-gliding launch at Pedra Bonita, where a villa can sit almost on the beach. Vidigal looks down over all of it from the hill. Tell us the group and the dates and we'll point you to the right stretch of coast.