(ats) The majestic art deco building with breathtaking views of Copacabana beach announced in a press release that it had taken maximum health precautions, while the pandemic is still virulent in Brazil, where it exceeded the threshold of 110 ‘the day before. 000 dead.
Since April 10, there were only two year-round residents in the immense palace with 100 rooms and 126 suites located in front of the Atlantic: its general manager Andréa Natal and the musician Jorge Ben, who has lived there since 2018. .
Of the establishment’s three restaurants, only one reopened Thursday. Among four options, the Copacabana Palace offers the Cariocas a 30-hour stay, the “perfect option for those looking for rest and tranquility in their own city”.
If the hotel’s communications officer did not specify the overnight rates, it costs, for the last weekend of August according to an internet simulation, from around 250 to 1,400 euros per night.
Over the decades, the hotel has hosted many heads of state, crowned heads and other world celebrities, such as Rita Hayworth, Brigitte Bardot, Mick Jagger, Lady Di or Madonna.
Five months after the first death from Covid-19, Brazil has not put the epidemic behind it and the city of Rio has already canceled the traditional New Year’s festivities that bring together several million revelers on the illuminated Copacabana beach of fairy fireworks.
The Rio carnival in February will most likely be canceled as well. The state of Rio de Janeiro is the second most affected by the coronavirus in the country, with nearly 15,000 dead.
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