4 star hotel with rooftop pool near copacabana beach by ipanemas shores an 8 minute walk from the royal rio palace hotel puts you on the buzzing sands of copacabana beach with its waterfront cafs and kiosks selling cold beer its an 8 minute drive to famous ipanema beach with nightlife and boutique shopping found in the inland neighborhood mountain and ocean views with an 11 minute drive you can be at sugarloaf mountain for a cable car ride up to panoramic views of city and sea at its