Hotel Portinari

We left Hotel Portinari early on Wednesday morning taking public bus to the main bus terminal 1.5hrs to the north of Copacabana. Two hours west we arrived in Itercuraca on the Emerald Coast with a recommendation of the "Hotel Pierre" from the Portinari ...

... and Two Angels, Incoronation of the Virgin), Andrea del Verrocchio (The Baptism of Christ), Hugo van der Goes (The Portinari Triptych), Piero di Cosimo (Perseus Freeing Andromeda), Albrecht Dürer (The Adoration of the Magi), Parmigianino (The Madonna of ...

... . Since yesterday I am in Rio not far away from the famous Copacobana beach which I can see leaning out of my hotel window. Unfortunately, today only through the raindrops. Coneceis la primera palabra en brasileņa. Desde ayer he ...

... city of the two extremes of wealth that nestles between the gherkin peaks dominating the mainand and the bay. Our hotel, the Portinari (10 floors each by a different Brazilian designer) sat off 4km-long Copacabana Beach, lined with volleyball courts and ...

... get more pasta.  Yummy again. Sunday morning we spent at the Uffizi looking at paintings.  We studied, the Portinari Altarpiece, Botticelli, and several other altarpieces.  We had the rest of the afternoon free.  We were still craving ...