Sleek, dramatic, and drop-dead gorgeous, the 56-room Emiliano encapsulates the modern Brazilian ethos. Land your chopper on the private heli-pad, then be escorted by service-oriented butlers, and head to the country’s first Champagne and caviar bar, where more than 80 brands of bubbly and rare Beluga roe await you. Soak in the Japanese hot baths before a shiatsu massage at the spa, and then take a table at the hotel’s namesake Italian restaurant for house-made pasta and organic, local produce. The fashion houses and galleries along Rua Oscar Freire – São Paulo’s version of Rodeo Drive – lie just beyond the lobby’s window wall.