The only hotel within Brazil’s Iguaçú National Park , the 1958-built Belmond das Cataratas is an elaborate Portuguese colonial–style building in delicate pink.
The guest rooms are in a traditional Portuguese style with a flat screen TV, dark wood furniture and warm natural tones.
The hotel’s lawns slope down to a splendid lookout over Iguaçú Falls, its sound and fury overpowering. A simple stroll down paths of the park after hours is a privilege afforded only to hotel guests. It’s possible to observe tapirs, corzuela deer, and raccoon-like coatis bedding down for the night, before you return to the poolside open-air restaurant and a feast of grilled tilapia, partridge, and duck ravioli served amid verdant gardens of palm, mango, and tropical apricot.
Located by the pool the Ipe restaurant serves a delicious breakfast while Bar Taroba is the perfect meeting place for drinks and socialising. Sit on the balcony, surrounded by lush rainforest and watch the magnificent sunset over the falls.
