7. Fairmont Rio de Janeiro Copacabana

Reveillon, or New Year’s Eve for Brazilians, is a time of all-out merrymaking in Rio de Janeiro. As the second-most popular celebration in Brazil after Rio’s Carnival, the event is essentially a massive two million people strong party held on the city’s Copacabana beach. It is truly the place to be to ring in the new year, and if you book a stay at the Fairmont Rio de Janeiro Copacabana, situated on the lip of the beach itself, you’ll be in the thick of the action. Choose from 375 gorgeous guestrooms and revel in cinema-scope views of Copacabana beach; you won’t want to miss the midnight fireworks either.

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