Any reasonably priced Hotel in Rio de Janeiro por New Year`s 2006?

Question

I need to find a REASONABLE priced hotel in Rio from December 26 thru January 1. At the popular websites the rates are ridiculuos, and was wondering if anyone could help me out, with a specific hotel, or agent, or something. PLEASE ADVICE!!!!!!!!!

Answer 1

I liked the Ferreira Viana at #58 on the street of the same name, a 2-star hotel in the Flamengo district.  There's a 4-star across the way; a Metro entrance is at one end of the block, a big oceanside park is at the other.

They showed me two single rooms on the second floor up.  One looked out on a ventilation shaft, the other faced the Imperial Museum.  (Good luck!)  The quarters were tiny but modern.  A nice fruity breakfast was included; service 'til 9 a.m.

English is spoken at the reception desk.  Tel. [phone].  I paid about US$25/night in the off-season (July).

Flamengo, home of a perennial contender in the Rio state football league, is a nice part of town ... but not TOO nice for your purposes.  If you go, have a beer for Plimothy at Carlito's (as in Charlie Chaplin), a "Portuguese-style" corner bar a couple of blocks past the Imperial Museum, on the other side of the avenue.

P.S. RE: THE BREAKFAST SERVICE ... You just have to get to the "dining room" (it's more like the end of a hallway) by 9; it doesn't stop at 9.

Answer 2

Sometimes what is reasonable for you is not for someone else. Reasonable is hard to measure.

In the New Year's Eve the city gets crowded, so do the hotels.

I don't know how old are you, and what kind of stuff you like to do, so is hard to say what kind of accommodation would fit you best, but take a look in the link below.

Some of the hostels located in Ipanema are very nice.

Have a nice trip!