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Ah, Rio. Take a perfect seaside spot, backed up by wavering mountains. Plant Christ the Redeemer on a hill to look over it all, and fill in the gaps with a city so steeped in passion that leaving seems to turn everything from a vivid technicolor to faded pastel whites.

You’ll certainly have heard of one Rio party, but the Carnival’s hardly the only occasion for a mammoth celebration. While the years big event sees dancers strut like peacocks down the main roads, prices soar and locals fight for window space overlooking it all, the dancing continues on a smaller scale year round, with ‘samba circles’ livening up the evenings and Saturday night parties on the beach keeping the fun flowing faster that the caipirinha’s.

It’s easy to become a beach bum here, spending your days kicking around a football and chilling with the well-tanned locals, but you’d be missing the charms of the city. A climb up Sugar Loaf Mountain to stare down over it all is a must, as is a tour of the city’s many art galleries, which feature the works of astonishing local artists.

Of course, it wouldn’t be Rio without all that natural beauty, too, and you can explore that in scaling the face of the Sugar Loaf attached to a harness, surfing the breaks of Rio’s beaches, drifting idly through the dense jungles and checking out the diversity of the wildlife or even heading out to sea on a chartered yacht and swimming in the deep blue.

Check out the Parque Lage, an impressive public park centered around an ornate mansion just under that iconic statue, soak up the pricy vibe of the flush Copacabana district, watch a soccer game amongst 200,000 spectators at the Maracana Football Stadium, or tour the tiny green castle of Fiscal Island.

There’s so much to see and do here that you’ll find yourself cramming in plans for the day, then falling in love with every place you go. Soak up the atmosphere and color of a city of passion and you won’t be disappointed.

Popular Hotels in Rio de Janeiro

  1. Pestana Rio Atlantica
  2. Casa Mango Mango B&B
  3. Copacabana Palace Hotel
  4. Luxor Aeroporto Hotel
  5. Pousada Barra Vento
  6. South Beach Copacabana …
  7. Iberostar Copacabana Ho…
  8. Mar Palace Copacabana H…
  9. Mar Ipanema Hotel Rio d…
  10. Che Lagarto Hostel, Cop…
  1. Novo Mundo Hotel
  2. Orla Copacabana Hotel
  3. Portinari Design Hotel
  4. Savoy Othon Travel Hote…
  5. The Irish Pub
  6. Windsor Martinique Hote…
  7. Atlantico Copacabana Ho…
  8. Augustos Copacabana Hot…
  9. Hotel Astoria Palace
  10. Hotel Lido
  1. Windsor Guanabara Hotel
  2. Royalty Barra Hotel
  3. California Othon Classi…
  4. Marina Palace Hotel
  5. Mercure Apartments Bot…
  6. Acapulco Copacabana Hot…
  7. Aeroporto Othon Travel …
  8. Apa Hotel
  9. Arcos Rio Palace Hotel
  10. Arpoador Inn
  1. Astoria Copacabana Hote…
  2. Atlantico Sul Hotel
  3. Atlantis Copacabana Hot…
  4. Barra Palace Hotel
  5. Barrabella Hotel Reside…
  6. Benidorm Palace Hotel
  7. Best Western Rio Copa H…
  8. Best Western Sol Ipanem…
  9. Bourbon Residence Barra
  10. Caesar Business Botafog…

Rio de Janeiro Travel Blogs

Arriving to Rio – my free weekend was starting, yeah!!!
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Mar 24, 2008 – Apr 05, 2008
After a hard day (especially the night) I needed the wake up call really badly in order to wake up. I stood up and my head wasn’t killing me, but wasn’t all right either. I was smart and before going to bed I left all my clothes ready for the next day and almost packed everything, because we we…
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Remarkable Rio de Janeiro - Enjoy Backdrop, Beaches & Beauties
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May 29, 2007 – Jun 08, 2007
  Remarkable Rio de Janeiro - Enjoy Backdrop, Beaches & Beauties   Below is a poem written by Sonia Paz Baron-Vine in 2006 about the remarkable city of Rio de Janeiro. It captures some of the beauty, sounds, nature and magic of this one-of-a-kind place.   Dawn in R…
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Crossing the equator...
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Apr 18, 2007 – Jul 21, 2007
Cool and rainy day kept me from enjoying one final beach day in Rio.  That is ok, because in a few days i will be in the Greek isles. Took a bus to the airport from a street close to the hostel.  This was actually kind of difficult, because the buses came at you pretty fast, and if you d…
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