A 300 m² floor in the Chopin, on the Copacabana seafront
Avenida Atlântica 1782 — the most storied address on the beach.
300 m² on the eighth floor of the Prelúdio, next door to the Copacabana Palace: floor-to-ceiling glass, parquet, and the bay in every room.
300 m² to make your own, on the most famous address in Copacabana.
On Avenida Atlântica, facing the beach, stands the Chopin — three buildings raised together in 1956 and known, ever since, as the grandest residential address on the Copacabana seafront. This is a full floor of 300 m² within it.
The apartment is in good condition and sold unfurnished — a rare chance to take a generous, light-filled floor in a building that almost never trades, and make it entirely your own. What you acquire first is the address.
The Chopin — Copacabana's grand seafront address
Three buildings — the Chopin, the Balada and the Prelúdio — were raised together in 1956 on Avenida Atlântica, on ground cleared by removing the Pedra do Inhangá, the rock that once stood beside the Copacabana Palace. Conceived by Henryk Spitzman Jordan and designed by the architect Jacques Pilon, each block takes its name from a musical form dear to Chopin — a ballade, a prelude. It was the first building in Copacabana with floor-to-ceiling glass, and remains a landmark of carioca modernism.
Ever since, it has been the beach's most celebrated residential address — home over the years to President João Goulart, to Adolpho Bloch, founder of Manchete magazine, and, more recently, to Gilberto Gil and Narcisa Tamborindeguy. It is where Rio's artists and families have chosen to live on the sand, and where the city keeps its most glamorous New Year's Eves.
The Copacabana Palace, next door
The Chopin rises directly beside the Copacabana Palace — the Belmond hotel that has defined the avenue since 1923. From the apartment, the Palace, its pool garden and the whole sweep of the beach are simply the view.
During construction, the story goes, the Palace's owner, Mariazinha Guinle, threatened to raise a wall to keep the pool private. Today the two icons live side by side: by a long-standing arrangement, residents of the Chopin have been able to enjoy the hotel's facilities as a club. No other seafront building in Rio has this neighbour.
The bay, from the eighth floor
Floor-to-ceiling windows run the length of the reception rooms, and the Atlantic fills them. From the eighth floor the view takes in the Palace below, the crescent of Copacabana beach and, on a clear day, the hills beyond the bay.
It is the light that first strikes you — morning sun off the water, the beach laid out in front, the avenue's mosaic promenade far below. A floor made to be lived in with the sea as its main room.
300 m² of light and parquet, to make yours
Three hundred square metres over a single floor: wide reception rooms, three bedrooms with fitted wardrobes, two bathrooms, a kitchen and service areas. Herringbone parquet throughout, generous ceiling heights, air conditioning.
The apartment is in good condition and comes unfurnished — a clear, calm canvas to refresh and personalise to your taste. The proportions, the parquet and the wall of glass are exactly the bones that make a Copacabana classic.
The property in images
Copacabana
Four kilometres of sand between Leme and Arpoador, the Sugarloaf at one end and Christ above — and, at New Year, the largest beach celebration in the world.
On the sand, in the middle of everything
The Copacabana seafront
On Avenida Atlântica the beach is across the road and the whole of Copacabana is at your feet: the promenade, the kiosks, restaurants and bars, the metro a couple of blocks back — the neighbourhood that never empties.
Beside the Palace
The Copacabana Palace and its restaurants are next door; Ipanema and the Arpoador a short walk south; the Sugarloaf a few minutes north. The best of Rio's South Zone opens out from this corner of the avenue.
An address that holds
Avenida Atlântica has been fully built for generations and the Chopin is one of a kind. Every apartment that reaches the market is a resale — which is what makes a 300 m² floor here so rare.
Rio de Janeiro, in full
We sell and rent the finest addresses in Latin America since 2007. This apartment is one of them.
A building that makes headlines
The Chopin has been back in the Brazilian press — a rare window on an address that seldom comes to market.
Gilberto GilGilberto Gil lists his 344 m² Chopin apartmentInfoMoney: the musician and his wife Flora, residents since 2019, bring their sea-facing apartment to market — around R$ 12 million.Read the article →Luxury marketDepartures from the Chopin stir Rio's luxury marketBloomberg Línea: unusual movement at the building beside the Copacabana Palace, as several storied apartments change hands.Read the article →Copacabana iconSix apartments for sale at the iconic ChopinDiário do Rio: 'unexpected' departures put six apartments on the market at once — including an 860 m² triplex penthouse.Read the article →approx. US$ 950,000 / €883,000 at the July 2026 rate — indicative
A 300 m² floor in the Chopin. Floor plan and full terms on request.
Asked often
Where exactly is it?
On Avenida Atlântica 1782, in Copacabana, inside the Chopin — the block of three buildings (Chopin, Balada and Prelúdio) directly beside the Copacabana Palace. The apartment is in the Prelúdio, on the eighth floor.
How big is it, and how is it laid out?
300 m² on a single floor, with three bedrooms, two bathrooms, a kitchen and service areas, plus wide reception rooms along the glass.
What condition is it in?
Good condition, sold unfurnished. It is ready to live in and to personalise — a classic Copacabana floor to refresh to your taste, not a full renovation project.
Is it true residents can use the Copacabana Palace?
The building has long been associated with access to the hotel's facilities by a historical arrangement. We will confirm the current terms in writing as part of the dossier.
What are the running costs?
IPTU (property tax) is around R$ 17,426 per year and the condominium fee around R$ 3,230 per month.
Is it for rent as well?
No. This is a sale only.
Rio, from where you are
Copacabana sits ten minutes from the domestic airport and forty-five from the international one.
From the Americas
- São Paulo~1 h
- Buenos Aires~3 h 30
- Santiago~4 h
- Lima~5 h
- Bogotá~6 h 30
- Panamá City~7 h
- Miami~9 h
- Atlanta~10 h
- New York · JFK seasonal~10 h
- Houston~10 h 30
From Europe
- Lisboa~10 h
- Madrid~10 h
- Roma~11 h
- Paris~11 h
- London~11 h 30
- Amsterdam~11 h 30
- Frankfurt~11 h 45
Indicative direct flight times to Rio de Janeiro (GIG / SDU).
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