Here's Where All 32 World Cup Teams Are Staying and How They Rate on TripAdvisor
With the World Cup in full swing, here's a look at where all 32 teams have set up their base camps while in Brazil — with TripAdvisor ratings for those properties open to the public.
Algeria
The Fennec Foxes are stationed at the Pitangueiras Farm Hotel near Sorocaba, the eighth-largest city in the state of Sao Paulo. Activities there include a zip-line and hot-air ballooning; lots of complaints about the Wi-Fi, though.
TripAdvisor rating: 78% | 4 stars out of 5
Argentina
La Albiceleste are staying at Cidade do Galo, Atletico Mineiro's training center in Vespasiano, a 20-minute drive north of Belo Horizonte.
TripAdvisor rating: N/A
Australia
The Socceroos are staying at the Hotel Ilha Do Boi in Vitoria, the state capital of Espirito Santo, along the coastline.
TripAdvisor rating: N/A
Belgium
The Diables Rouges are headquartered at the Paradise Golf & Lake Resort in Mogi das Cruzes near Sao Paulo. Coach Marc Wilmots, whose six-and-a-half-minute guided tour of the hotel is strangely absorbing, reportedly had a nearby lake stocked with trout so the team could unwind with some fishing.
TripAdvisor rating: 79% | 4 stars out of 5
Bosnia-Herzegovina
The World Cup debutants are staying at the Casa Grande Hotel Resort & Spa in the seaside resort Guarujá, within an hour's drive of Sao Paulo.
TripAdvisor rating: 80% | 4 stars out of 5
Brazil
The hosts are staying at the Brazilian FA's official training center in Granja Comary near the mountainous Serra dos Orgaos National Park.
TripAdvisor rating: N/A
Cameroon
The Indomitable Lions are staying at the Sheraton Hotel in Vitoria.
TripAdvisor rating: 89% | 4½ stars out of 5
Chile
The Toca da Raposa II sporting complex in Belo Horizonte, which the Brazilian club Cruzeiro calls home, is Chile's headquarters, though the Guardian reported the team's demands of new beds and large flatscreen TVs in every room.
TripAdvisor rating: N/A
Colombia
Los Cafeteros, "the Coffee Men," are staying at the secluded President Laudo Natel Athlete Formation Center in Cotia, a state-of-the-art training complex used primarily by Sao Paulo FC's youth teams.
TripAdvisor rating: N/A
Costa Rica
The Ticos are staying at the Mendes Plaza Hotel in the port city of Santos.
TripAdvisor rating: 90% | 4½ stars out of 5
Croatia
The Tivoli Ecoresort near the fishing village of Praia do Forte will house the Croatians.
TripAdvisor rating: 82% | 4 stars out of 5
Ecuador
The Vila Ventura Resort in Viamao on the outskirts of Porto Alegre. Among the attractions: a subterranian purpose-built cave equipped with thermal pools and a Jacuzzi.
TripAdvisor rating: 83% | 4 stars out of 5
England
The Three Lions are staying at the Royal Tulip Hotel on the Sao Conrado beach in Rio de Janeiro, relatively modest accommodations compared to World Cups past.
TripAdvisor rating: 58% | 3½ stars out of 5
France
Staff at the Hotel JP, where Les Bleus are stationed, were given intensive French lessons to better accommodate the team during their stay in Ribeirao Preto.
TripAdvisor rating: 92% | 4½ stars out of 5
Germany
Die Mannschaft is staying at Campo Bahia, a custom-built complex privately financed by a German investor located 19 miles north of Porto Seguro.
TripAdvisor rating: N/A
Ghana
The Black Stars settled on the Radisson Hotel Maceio in the state capital of Alagoas.
TripAdvisor rating: 97% | 4½ stars out of 5
Greece
The Greeks are staying at the brand-new Radisson Hotel Aracaju in Sergipe, the capital of Brazil's smallest state.
TripAdvisor rating: 93% | 4½ stars out of 5
Holland
The stylish Oranje are holing up at the equally fashionable Caesar Park Ipanema Hotel on Ipanema Beach in Rio.
TripAdvisor rating: 76% | 4 stars out of 5
Honduras
La Bicolor are staying at the newly built Hotel Transamerica in the small city of Porto Feliz.
TripAdvisor rating: Not enough reviews
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Iran
Looking to avoid unnecessary ground travel, Iran is staying at the Hotel Pullman Sao Paulo International Airport.
TripAdvisor rating: 74% | 4 stars out of 5
Italy
The Azzurri are stying at the Portobello Resort & Safari in the seaside resort of Mangaratiba, located 75 miles south of Rio.
TripAdvisor rating: 74% | 4 stars out of 5
Ivory Coast
Les Elephants are stationed at the Oscar Inn Eco Resort in the small town of Aguas de Lindoia.
TripAdvisor rating: 79% | 4 stars out of 5
Japan
The Blue Samurai are staying at the Spa Sport Resort in Itu, a suburb of Sao Paulo with a large population of Japanese expats.
TripAdvisor rating: 64% | 3½ stars out of 5
Mexico
El Tri are staying at the Parque Balneario Hotel in Santos, the coffee capital of Brazil.
TripAdvisor rating: 85% | 4 stars out of 5
Nigeria
The Super Eagles have made a home at the Vitoria Hotel Concept in Campinas, a city northwest of Sao Paulo.
TripAdvisor rating: 82% | 4 stars out of 5
Portugal
Paulo Bento's men are staying at the Palms, a boutique hotel within the scenic Royal Palm Plaza Resort.
TripAdvisor rating: 91% | 4½ stars out of 5
Russia
Fabio Capello jumped at the chance to stay at the San Raphael Country Hotel when Germany chose to switch base camps.
TripAdvisor rating: 87% | 4 stars out of 5
South Korea
The Taeguk Warriors chose to say at the Bourbon Cataratas Convention & Spa Resort in the southern city of Foz do Iguacu.
TripAdvisor rating: 91% | 4½ stars out of 5
Spain
The holders are staying the Alfredo Gottardi training center in Curitba, where Clube Atlético Paranaense normally practice.
TripAdvisor rating: N/A
Switzerland
The Swiss are staying at the beachfront La Torre Resort near Porto Seguro in the southern state of Bahia.
TripAdvisor rating: 87% | 4½ stars out of 5
United States
The Americans opted to keep their reservation at the Hotel Tivoli Sao Paulo Mofarrej even though all three group-stage matches are scheduled in northern stadiums, leaving them with the longest travel itinerary of the 32 teams in the field.
TripAdvisor rating: 72% | 4 stars out of 5
Uruguay
La Celeste are headquartered at the JN Resort in the inland city of Sete Lagoas, 50 miles from the state capital of Minas Gerais.
TripAdvisor rating: Not enough reviews
