Terrasse Hostel Ipanema opened in January 2007 with the mission of welcoming independent travellers and backpackers to the heart of Rio de Janeiro's coolest district - Ipanema. We are 20 meters from the beach and we do have the beach view from the hostel.The hostel provides cost-effective and secure accommodation just one block from Ipanema beach - and with a sea view from the dorm rooms.Friendly and knowledgeable multi-lingual staff are on hand round the clock with a warm welcome and all the local information, as well as running trips to all the major tourist attractions, to the Maracana for football fans, and to Rocinha favela. We`d like to invite you to come and stay at our place and make it your home - it`s our home too! Terrasse Hostel is not just a hostel - it`s a place where we work to make your dreams of Rio come true. We work 24 hours a day to make sure you`re not just a customer in our place but also part of the Terrasse Hostel family. Rio is ready to greet you open arms and it`s our pleasure is take good care of you - so feel free to send us an email and tell us what you want to do in Rio, because our mission is to make this the best trip ever - Thank you for joining us!ATTENTION!!For New Years and Carnival we have a minimum stay period. Making the reservation trough the website, it can be allow you to book dates out of the pack, but your booking will not be valid if you do not book the whole package. (which means you will lose the deposit paid). New Years Package (4 nights - 28/12-31/12)Carnival Package 2008 (6 nights - FE 19TH TO FEB 24TH)Bookings for New Year or Carnival must be for the whole period of the package, any booking that breaks into the New Year's or Carnival dates will be automatically cancelled and the deposit amount not refunded.***Beside what you have paid here, you need to pay more 20% to confirm your resevation. Please, contact the hostel for futher info about payment and cancellation policy: ********Cheers!!!for further information call the hostel.