Copacabana Palace Reopens Its Pool Wing With Latin America’s First Dior Spa

Copacabana Palace, A Belmond Hotel, reopened its Pool Wing on 3 November 2026. The wing now holds a five-storey Wellness Club and Dior Spa Copacabana Palace, the first Dior Spa in Latin America. Guests at Rio’s landmark beachfront hotel can now book Dior treatments, contrast-therapy recovery and in-house training under one roof.

The spa is the centrepiece. It has six treatment rooms and a retail space for the Maison. Its menu combines Dior’s established Haute Wellness treatments with rituals created for this address alone. Kobi-Dior and New Look Dior come from the house’s wider repertoire. The Healing Heart Ceremony was designed exclusively for Copacabana Palace and uses semi-precious stones together with sound-therapy tools such as singing bowls.

Two further signatures carry a São Paulo name. Dr. Maria Bussade of Bussade Health co-created the Couture Radiance Facial and the Carioca High Sculpt, and both are available only at Copacabana Palace. If you are choosing between the familiar Dior menu and something you cannot find elsewhere, these two treatments and the Healing Heart Ceremony are the ones to book.

The retail space matters too. Copacabana Palace is the only place in Rio to buy Dior’s La Collection Privée and L’Or de Vie, and the Dior Maison wellness line is making its Brazilian debut here. Guests who already use these ranges at home can now restock in the city, and those new to them can try the products in treatment before they buy.

Around the spa, the Wellness Club is built for guests who train while they travel. The fitness centre uses Technogym’s Artis line and spans two ground-floor spaces. There is also a private movement and yoga studio and a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu space, which suits the city: a session of the local martial art makes a fitting part of a Rio stay. A team of personal trainers is available to guests, and every room is supplied with a yoga mat, so a morning routine can begin before you leave the room.

The second floor is given over to recovery. Its thermal area is arranged for contrast therapy, with saunas (including infrared), a steam room, an ice bath and an ice fountain. A relaxation lounge serves botanical waters, teas and light bites inspired by Brazilian ingredients. After a long-haul arrival or a morning in the sun on Copacabana, a heat-and-cold circuit here is a practical way to reset.

The Suco Bar continues the Brazilian theme. Its menu draws on local ingredients, superfoods and traditional remedies, and it makes an easy stop before or after a workout. The club also has a hair salon, a barbershop and a Beauty Lounge. The Beauty Lounge is a private space for guests attending celebrations, weddings or events, and it can be used with Dior products or with a guest’s own make-up artist. For anyone staying at the hotel for a wedding or a gala, it brings preparation into a quiet, dedicated room.

For the discerning traveller, the reopening makes a stay at Copacabana Palace a more complete proposition. The hotel’s beachfront position has always been its draw, and the Pool Wing now adds a full day’s programme to it: training in the morning, the thermal circuit at midday and a signature treatment later on. Because the Healing Heart Ceremony and the two Bussade treatments are available only here, they are worth reserving when you book the room, particularly for a short stay.

With Latin America’s first Dior Spa now open, Copacabana Palace has a reason to be a wellness destination in its own right as well as a beach address, and the new Wellness Club deserves a place in any plan for Rio.

Source: Belmond