Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Rio de Janeiro
The biggest midnight on earth, seen from above the crowd.
The house reading
Copacabana holds two and a half million people on its sand. The question is where you watch from.
At midnight, barges at sea light twelve minutes of fireworks over the whole beach, and Copacabana becomes a single toast in white. It is the biggest New Year party on the planet, and it happens on the sand, for anyone who turns up.
What changes the night is where you watch it from: the Copacabana Palace party with the fireworks in front of the terrace, a rooftop on Avenida Atlântica, a suite facing the sea or a boat anchored off the beach. With the right logistics you can do two.
Three things decide the night: a sea-facing suite, tickets for the hotel parties and the boat for midnight.
When
29 December to 2 January
Where
Copacabana and Ipanema
Arrival
Galeão or Santos Dumont
For whom
Those who want the most famous New Year in the world, without being in the middle of it
The nights that decide the week.
Five days, dressed in white. Midnight is the centre, and the rest of the week is built around it.
29 DecemberArrival
- Dinner in Ipanema
The host meets you at the airport. The first night is light, at a table in Ipanema or Leblon.
30 DecemberThe eve
- A helicopter at sunset
Christ the Redeemer and the bay from above, then a long table in Leblon, without the pressure of the next day.
31 DecemberMidnight
- Party, rooftop or boat
White clothes, flowers for Iemanjá and twelve minutes of fireworks. The Copacabana Palace, a rooftop on Atlântica, or the sea.
1 to 2 JanuaryThe day after
- The pool, then Angra
A late lunch by the pool. On the 2nd, those who wish fly on to an island in Angra dos Reis.
The parties
The New Year parties.
The beachfront hotels throw the most sought-after parties of the night. 2026/27 dates and acts come out from November; below, the shape of the last edition.
Copacabana Palace
Dinner at the Pérgula and MEE, champagne all night and DJs until morning, with the fireworks in front of the terrace.
31 December · Copacabana
Fasano Rio
Dinner at Gero, then the rooftop party above Ipanema beach.
31 December · Ipanema
Emiliano
A rooftop on Avenida Atlântica, a five-course dinner and the Mangueira drums.
31 December · Copacabana
Fairmont and Tropìk
Dinner at Marine Restô and the beach club party on the sand.
31 December · Copacabana
Pestana
A rooftop with open bar and the Beija-Flor drums.
31 December · Copacabana
A boat off the beach
From Marina da Glória to the front row of the fireworks, at sea.
31 December · Guanabara Bay
Note
Based on the 2025/26 edition.
The ground
Where to stay, and where to watch from.
Where to stay
- Copacabana Palace, on Avenida Atlântica
- Fasano, in Ipanema
- Emiliano and Fairmont, in Copacabana
- Sea-facing apartments in Leblon and Ipanema
- Houses in Joá, for groups
Where to watch
- The Copacabana Palace terrace
- A rooftop on Avenida Atlântica
- A boat anchored off the beach
- A suite with a sea-facing balcony
- A private terrace, with dinner at home
What the last New Year showed in Rio.
Figures from the 2025/26 edition. The official 2026/27 programme is announced in December.
Villas and houses
The houses, and the hotels.
Where they are
- Sea-facing suites at the Copacabana Palace and Fasano
- Beachfront apartments in Leblon and Ipanema
- Houses in Joá, for larger groups
- Penthouses on Avenida Atlântica, with a terrace for the fireworks
How they are let
- Hotels ask three to four nights over New Year
- Beachfront apartments are let as a holiday package
- A house with staff: housekeeper, kitchen and security
- Boat and helicopter booked together with the house
Every house comes through our partners on the ground, with the service below around it.
Rio de Janeiro
The beachfront, the rooftop and the night in white.
Full service
The house is the start. The week is the service.
In Rio, the team handles what the city does not on New Year: a beachfront closed from the afternoon, credentials to reach the hotel, boat and driver coordinated for midnight.
The house
- Daily housekeeping and laundry
- A house manager throughout the stay
- The kitchen stocked before you arrive
- Flowers and the table set on the 30th and 31st
- Maintenance and support on call
The table
- A private chef at midnight, if you would rather dine at home
- Market and cellar chosen with you
- Butler and waiting staff
- A barman and staff for the night
- Tables booked for the nights of the 30th and 31st
Around it
- Driver and car throughout the stay
- Transfers, flights and helicopter
- Discreet security, where it makes sense
- A nanny and support for anyone travelling with children
- A boat by the day and access to the parties of the week
One person coordinates all of it, and answers you directly.
You choose what is in and what is out, and we propose the right size in writing, item by item, before anything is confirmed.
Two and a half million people in white. Your night is the one you see from above.
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