"We then recommend returning to Copacabana to visit one of Rio’s (and Brazil’s) legendary buildings, namely Copacabana Palace, a hotel with its own unique aura and glamour and which has recently celebrated its centenary. When the hotel first opened at 1702 Avenida Atlantic, there was little else here apart from the sandy beach, the waves of the Atlantic, and a few neighboring buildings. The construction of the hotel helped transform Copacabana into one of the world’s most famous beaches, attracting celebrities such as Louis Armstrong, Édith Piaf, Marlene Dietrich, Ella Fitzgerald, Ray Charles, Princess Diana, and others too numerous to mention over its hundred-year history." - The MICHELIN Guide
