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Amazon hotel prices tend to be reasonable and include breakfast. Services and amenities such as laundry, however, may cost quite a bit extra. Don't expect to be pampered. When checking in, ask about discounts (descontos). During the slow season and midweek, you may get a break. Cry a little, as the Brazilians say, and you may get a larger discount. Paying with cash may lower the price. Rooms have air-conditioning, TVs, phones, and bathrooms unless we indicate otherwise, but showers don't always have hot water. Jungle lodges and smaller hotels in outlying areas often lack basic amenities.
A short walk from town directly on a white-sand beach, Beloalter has spacious rooms and swimming pool, making it one of the more sophisticated places to stay. Higher prices get you a better view or even a room in a tree house. The restaurant ($$) specializes in fish, but has a good variety of other dishes, including a great galinha a caipira, a whole roast chicken with endless sides. Its distance from town can prove a blessing at weekends, when it can get noisy.
Proximity to Manaus (45 minutes) and decent rooms (complete wiith air-conditioning and hot water) make this a good option for travelers short on time or seeking a certain level of creature comforts. Experiences can be booked as a package or arranged separately upon arrival, and include visits to monkeys in rehabilitation, hikes with a naturalist guide on 10 km (6 miles) of trails through several habitat types with enormous trees, and dips in streams and natural pools. Those looking to relax can take advantage of the the white-sand beach that lines the lodge during the dry season. All transfers are included.
Clean and spacious rooms here even have phones, which aren't easy to come by in this area. It's conveniently located in Centro, and the staff is friendly.
This four-star hotel has sleek but understated rooms, with all the amenities one would want. Golden Tulip Belém is in the Umarizal district of Belém, which has many restaurants and nightclubs. A small rooftop pool and gym give guests the chance to unwind.
Located in the industrial area of Manaus, this hotel has bright and cheerful rooms and excellent service. Gray granite floors and large glass walls give the hotel's lobby a sleek and modern feel. Many foreign tourists stay here either on their way in or out of jungle tours.
Garishly pink and supported by towering Roman columns, there's nothing else in town that looks like the Hotel Atalanta. Inside you'll find stained-glass windows, small pink columns, and cozy rooms.
Just off the beach, this place has more amenities than any other in town; breezy, spacious public areas, a wet bar, and waterslides help you keep cool. The restaurant specializes in shrimp and crab, but serves lots of fish and other dishes.
This hotel on Praça da República is starting to look a bit tired, but the rooms remain comfortable, the staff friendly, and the breakfast buffet tasty and substantial. Executive rooms have the nicest views as well as access to a lounge, a meeting area, and complimentary food and drink. Additonal facitlites include 24-hour room service, a swimming pool, pool-bar, gym, travel agency, and small souvenir shop.
This hotel is well suited to business travelers thanks to its reasonable rates and downtown location. Stained-glass windows and soft leather couches welcome you in an attractive lobby, where there is free Internet. Rooms on the 12th floor are nicer and more modern than those on other floors, yet you often need to pay an additonal cost.
Right above Maçarico Beach, this hotel has the best location in town: You can look down the length of the beach from the pool. It's a 10-minute walk from the light tower.
Partially obscured by palm trees, this three-story, white, colonial-style hotel is on well-manicured grounds, and comes with many amenities, including hard-to-find wireless Internet in the rooms.
The highlight of this slightly shabby, 20-story hotel is the spectacular infinity pool that overlooks the Rio Negro. Its rooms are decorated in a contemporary fashion, and the hotel boasts two restaurants, a pool-side bar, a gym, a convenience store, jewelry shop, business center, and lobby bar. Ask for a higher room with spectacular views of the river.
Nothing in Manaus can match the majesty of this grand, if dated, resort hotel, located 20 km (12 miles) northwest of downtown. It overlooks the Rio Negro, with a short path to the beach. Hotel Tropical has a mini-zoo, sports facilities, two pools, and even its own dock. The restaurant is a reliable choice for dinners of regional and international fare.
