Rio De Janeiro American Airlines Admirals Club is pleasant, but not exactly large, and can be a bit manic late in the evening when there are three long-haul flights leaving at once. The lounge is airside, in the Blue Sector behind a restricted area on the mezzanine level, just past the duty free upstairs with the rest of the clubs. There is a rather blu ...read more.

The AMEX Centurion Lounge at GIG is other a welcome respite from the main airport in Rio, or a tiny cupboard with few facilities, depending on how busy it is, and whether you need to catch a flight. The lounge is both small (setaing about 20 people), and before security, which makes it rather useless for waiting for several hours before your flight: with ...read more.

The GOL Premium Lounge was previously known as the rather long-titled Independent Smiles VIP International Lounge. It is a lounge that seems to carry on in limbo land, after the demise of Varig. It was once very much at the heart of Varig's premier experience, but that was a long time ago in the past, and now this lounge soldiers on, semi-independent. T ...read more.

The TAM Airlines VIP Lounge is a small but servicable lounge, with fairly comfortable seating. There are no windows in the lounge, but considering most people visit the lounge in the late evening before most of the longhaul flights, this isn't a problem. To find the lounge, turn left after the Security check and Passport Control. The lounge is in the Inte ...read more.