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If you only have the time (or the inclination) for one scenic overview of the city, do Corcovado's Cristo instead. But on sunny, clear days, the cable car ride...more
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Santa Teresa, Rio de Janeiro's up-and-coming artists' quarter, is a quaint and charming—if slightly oddball—kind of paradise. It's a world away from...more
see the Rio de Janeiro guideThe most authentic samba schools in Rio are based in the favela slums. Dance students act as informal guides as they accompany tourists to the school building...more
see the Rio de Janeiro guideRio's lushness is no accident. Low-pressure weather troughs can linger for days, particularly in the southern winter, which lasts (roughly) from July through...more
see the Rio de Janeiro guideBrazil's "naïve" artists, a radical, self-taught group, shimmy free of tiresome artistic rules and restraints, relying instead on earthy sentiment and...more
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While Catholicism is the official religion in Brazil, futebol is a very close second. Brazilians follow their national, city, and local teams with avidity, and...more
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Roughly behind the neighborhood of Ipanema lies this saltwater lake, usually just called Lagoa. Ringed by expensive apartment buildings and a 4.6-mile track for...more
see the Rio de Janeiro guideRio's botanical garden in Gávea is the oldest of its kind in South America. Founded in 1808 by King Dom João VI, it covers an impressive 338 acres of...more
see the Rio de Janeiro guideTourists have leaped off Pedra Bonita's 1,800-foot summit for more than a quarter century, when Rio became one of the first cities in the world to authorize...more
see the Rio de Janeiro guideThis largely neglected neighborhood near the Santos Dumont domestic airport has a boisterous Sunday market that offers a tantalizing insight into the ordinary...more
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