Saint Paul, for views of the opera house and beyond

A World Cup refurbishment in 2018 took this tower from tawdry to tidy – with the compact rooms repainted in crisp whites, furnished with soft sofas and lounge chairs and given fresh mirror-walled bathrooms in polished stone. They still feel simple but in a good way. Book an upper-floor suite facing south and your reward is a balcony with one of the best views of any hotel in Manaus: over the dome of the adjacent Edwardian-era opera house, to the vast river and the forest beyond.