Where to actually take her in Brazil

Brazil is big enough that the advice changes from city to city, but one thing does not: a hotel with a 24-hour desk solves more of the evening's problems than any other decision. There is a camera, there is somebody awake, and nobody has to explain anything to anyone. It is standard in any capital.

Hotels that do not make it awkward

The single most common way an evening goes wrong in Brazil is the front desk. Some houses charge a visitor fee, some ask for her passport, some simply do not allow a second person in the room after midnight. The houses below are the ones worth booking in this city - and because policies change with the season and the manager, the one question worth asking at reservation is whether a registered guest may come up to the room.

• Belmond Copacabana Palace Rio de Janeirodiscreet entrance, front desk asks nothing · proper suites, not a box with a bed · hotel bar - she can arrive without crossing a lobby
• Hotel Unique São Pauloa view worth the first ten minutes · hotel bar - she can arrive without crossing a lobby · proper suites, not a box with a bed
• Fasano São Paulo São Paulodiscreet entrance, front desk asks nothing · proper suites, not a box with a bed
• Emiliano Rio Rio de Janeiroa view worth the first ten minutes · quiet enough to talk · staffed 24h, late check-in is normal

Bars for the first drink

Forty minutes in a bar before anything else is not a formality - it is how two adults find out whether the evening is worth having. Pick somewhere you can hear each other.

• SubAstor São Pauloquiet enough to talk · serious cocktails, no queue at the bar · open late
• Bar Astor Rio de Janeiroquiet enough to talk · no dress code drama
• Guilhotina São Pauloserious cocktails, no queue at the bar · open late
• Canastra Rio de Janeiroquiet enough to talk · open late

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The areas, honestly

Every city has a district everyone names and a district where things actually happen. In Brazil they are not always the same place.

• Jardins e Itaim São Pauloresidential, private, nobody looks twice · walkable to everything
• Zona Sul Rio de Janeirowalkable to everything · tourist-priced, watch the bill
• Vila Mimosa Rio de Janeirostreet scene, not a venue · busy and loud after midnight
• Rua Augusta São Paulostreet scene, not a venue · open late

Three things that cost nothing

• Be where you said you would be, at the time you said it. Punctuality reads as respect, and it is the cheapest respect there is.
• Settle the practical part at the start, once, and never bring it up again.
• Book the room in your own name and go up first. Never ask her to check in for you.

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