DAS CATARATAS HOTEL

First opened as a hotel in 1958, the Hotel das Cataratas is an elegant two storey Portuguese colonial style building.  It has one of the most impressive and enviable locations in South America, with the world famous Iguaçu Falls just a two minute stroll from the property, and surrounded by almost 15,000m² of national park.

The hotel comprises a main building which houses the reception area, a bar and restaurant with terrace and a reading room, as well as guest rooms on the first floor.  Two further wings were added in 1971 and 1982, and in total the hotel now offers 85 standard rooms, 64 superior rooms, 49 deluxe rooms, three suites and two presidential suites.  Guest rooms have hardwood floors and bathrooms with large bathtubs and granite tops.  A number of rooms have direct views of the waterfalls and guests are reminded of their proximity by the ever-present roar of water and rising spray of mist. 

The extensive gardens contain a swimming pool and a children’s playground, tennis court, grass volley ball court and look-out point towards the Iguaçu Falls.  The hotel has two large conference rooms with capacity for up to 200 people.

The Hotel das Cataratas was the first property in Latin America to qualify for the ISO 14001 Environmental Management certification in recognition of its ecological operating policies.