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Linx is the hotel for the flight, not the ship. It runs a free shuttle to Galeão 24 hours a day, per the hotel, and breakfast starts at 05:00.
There’s a gym and a bar. The pool carries a notice with an April 20 date and no year — so it doesn’t score. For a sailing Linx ranks near the bottom, because the terminal is about 11.5 km away by our map.
Use it the night you land late, or after the cruise before an early flight home.
Book it if
- Your flight lands late the night before
- You fly home early the morning after the cruise
Look elsewhere if
- You want Rio on your last evening
- A short ride to the ship matters
Your night before, from here
From check-in to the gangway, using only what Linx Galeão publishes and our own map estimates.
A restaurant, the Bar Club, a pool bar and a grab-and-go Mercato, per the hotel.
No ride to the ship is listed. The terminal is about 11.5 km away in a straight line by our map; Pier Mauá puts Galeão 16 km by road, about 25 minutes without traffic.
Served 05:00 to 10:00, per the hotel’s booking page, which doesn’t say it’s in every rate — though that early start suits a morning flight, so ask what your rate covers.
Linx is an airport hotel, so take the free shuttle back to Galeão and a counter taxi from there (R$ 87 to Praça Mauá, Tariff 1), or a taxi from the hotel.
Paid parking, per the hotel, with no price — it’s airport parking, about 11.5 km from the ship in a straight line, so ask what a cruise week would cost.
Night-Before Score: 16 of 100
Every point comes from the hotel’s own booking engine on Omnibees; the hub explains how the Night-Before Score works.
Getting here, and on to the ship
Linx Galeão is about 900 m from the airport, per the hotel, and about 11.5 km from Pier Mauá in a straight line by our map. Every question mark below is a ride you book yourself.
Free airport-hotel-airport shuttle 24 hours a day, per the hotel’s booking page.
No ride to the ship is listed. The terminal is about 11.5 km away in a straight line by our map; Pier Mauá puts Galeão 16 km by road, about 25 minutes without traffic.
From GIG without a hotel shuttle
From Galeão, RIOgaleão’s counter-taxi table prints R$ 87 to Praça Mauá at Tariff 1 and R$ 104 at Tariff 2 (nights, Sundays and holidays). The table is undated, so confirm at the booth. Pier Mauá puts the ride at about 25 minutes without traffic. From Santos Dumont, the VLT runs straight to the terminal for R$ 5, per VLT Carioca, but it bars big bags. The airport page has the fares.
Paid parking, per the hotel, with no price — it’s airport parking, about 11.5 km from the ship in a straight line, so ask what a cruise week would cost.
Parking for your stay: Paid airport parking; no price published.
No ride to the ship is listed. The terminal is about 11.5 km away in a straight line by our map; Pier Mauá puts Galeão 16 km by road, about 25 minutes without traffic.
Flying in the morning you sail? Flying in the morning you sail? A delayed flight has nowhere to go, so the airport page recommends coming the day before, and has the landing check: the airport page has the landing check.
Which quay
Pier MauáAv. Rodrigues Alves 10 is the Pier Mauá terminal, and the VLT serves both ends. Linx Galeão is about 11.5 km from our pin for the terminal in a straight line, and about 11.9 km from Praça Mauá. Pier Mauá doesn’t say which armazém your ship uses, so treat both as estimates; the Rio cruise guide has the rest.
Source: piermaua.rioDistance
~11.5 km, straight lineAbout 11.5 km from Pier Mauá in a straight line between our map pins. That’s a ride, not a walk.
Airport bus
Free 24-hour shuttleThe hotel runs a free airport-hotel-airport shuttle 24 hours a day, per its booking page, and says it’s about 900 m from the airport.
Source: the hotel’s booking engineParking while you sail
Cruise parking
Cruise parking unconfirmedPaid parking, per the hotel, with no price — it’s airport parking, about 11.5 km from the ship in a straight line, so ask what a cruise week would cost.
In town
VMS lot on the Boulevard Olímpico, no price publishedPier Mauá lists a 24-hour car park on the Boulevard Olímpico, run by its partner VMS, with the entrance on Av. Barão de Tefé and a footpath out by Armazéns 3 and 4. No daily rate is published, and nothing says it takes cars for a whole cruise. Email estacionamentoparadadosnavios@gmail.com or call 21 97570-9047 before you count on it.
The evening and the morning
The evening
Food or bar on siteA restaurant, the Bar Club, a pool bar and a grab-and-go Mercato, per the hotel.
Breakfast
Depends on the rateServed 05:00 to 10:00, per the hotel’s booking page, which doesn’t say it’s in every rate — though that early start suits a morning flight, so ask what your rate covers.
Address
Av. 20 de Janeiro, at GaleãoAv. 20 de Janeiro, s/n, 21941-900 Rio de Janeiro
Hotel website
The fine print, in one place
Times, fees, rooms and the small stuff, as Linx Galeão publishes it. We couldn’t confirm whether breakfast is included, whether the pool work has started or finished or the parking price, so ask when you book.
Check-in and check-out
Breakfast
Served 05:00 to 10:00, per the hotel’s booking page, which doesn’t say it’s in every rate — though that early start suits a morning flight, so ask what your rate covers.
Parking for your stay
Paid airport parking; no price published
Pool
An outdoor pool with a bar, per the hotel. The booking page says the pool is open for general use until April 20 (no year), after which structural work is planned. We can’t tell whether it’s open now, so it scores nothing until the hotel confirms.
Pets
Not stated on the pages we read.
Food and drink on site
- Restaurant
- Bar Club
- MercatoSnacks and juices
Rooms
Standard and Superior rooms with a double or two singles, and an accessible Top PCD room, per the hotel.
Accessibility
An accessible room (Top PCD), lifts and wheelchair access, per the hotel.
On site
- GymYes
- Sauna or spaNot stated
- Family roomsNot stated
- Pets allowedNot stated
Also worth knowing
- Flight boards around the hotel
- Baggage hold, per the hotel
- The booking page still carries an old 2021 vaccination notice
Before you book
Worth knowing
- Free airport shuttle, 24 hours.
- Breakfast from 05:00.
- Check-in from 14:00.
What we couldn’t confirm
- Whether breakfast is included
- Whether the pool work has started or finished or the parking price
Every hotel fact here comes from the hotel’s own booking engine on Omnibees, read October 2026, unless we name another source. Distances are straight lines between our own map pins, except Gamboa Rio’s, which comes from a listing.
Worth a look alongside it
Before you book Linx Galeão: the Rio de Janeiro cruise guide and our South America and Antarctica cruise guide.
Land, ride the shuttle, sleep — the ship can wait till morning.
Tell us your sail date and we’ll check Linx Galeão for the night before. No payment on the form.
Linx Galeão FAQ
Does Linx Galeão have an airport shuttle?
Yes, free, 24 hours a day, per the hotel’s booking page.
How far is Linx Galeão from the cruise terminal?
About 11.5 km in a straight line by our map. Pier Mauá puts Galeão 16 km by road.
Booking the cruise too?
Tell us the sailing and we’ll line up Linx Galeão, the ride to the ship and the cruise itself. No fee, no obligation.
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