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Stay in Tom Jobim’s Former Home at Rio’s Bonita Ipanema Hostel

By Nelson Belen, Contributing Reporter

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Set in the heart of Ipanema, the Bonita Ipanema Pousada & Hostel offers intrepid travelers the unique opportunity to sleep in the same house that once belonged to one of Brazil’s most celebrated musicians and composers, Antônio Carlos Jobim (Tom Jobim). The Bossa Nova legend lived in the charming house turned hostel from 1962 to 1965, which includes the period when he would compose his country’s most iconic song, one of the most well-known anthems in the world, Garota de Ipanema (The Girl . . .

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