Novotel Florianopolis

A glass tower on the Beira Mar Norte waterfront, with the bay, the mountains, and the bridge to Santa Catarina all visible from the rooms. This is a full-service hotel with the Art Deco-inflected Sofitel house style, a spa, and a restaurant and bar that lean conspicuously Parisian for a city this laid-back. The surroundings make it hard to stay focused on whatever you came here to work on, which may or may not be the point.