Ipanema Beach in Rio de Janeiro. A great place to go! The TripAdvisor website, one of the most important sites of tourism in the world, has selected the 10 most beautiful beaches in Brazil. Ipanema Beach in Rio de Janeiro is among them. It is placed on the 6th position. What do you think? Have […]
We had a very busy day in Rio yesterday with all the cruise ship in town. It was particulary busy up at the Corcovado Mountain. This is the place you go to visit the Christ in Rio. As you can see below, visiting Corcovado in Rio de Janeiro by van is not a good idea. […]
A great cup in Rio! Despite the fact that Brazil did not win the Soccer World Cup, the tournament was a huge success for the country. Specially in Rio de Janeiro where the city held the final match! We witnessed a considerable increase in the number of tourists, which was a big boost for the […]
The Great Hotel Gloria in Rio de Janeiro. The Gloria Hotel used to belong to the once Brazilian billionaire Eike Batista. His empire collapsed last year and since then most of his businesses have been sold or investments have been put on hold. The hotel was under a major refurbishment and the workers simply stopped […]
Rio has just received 6 cruise ships and many more are coming! 20.000 people disembarked at Praça Mauá in Rio de Janeiro today. It was a very well organized task where the tourists knew beforehand how much they would pay to go to the main destinations in Rio. 350 taxis and 120 buses where waiting […]
There was an agreement signed today saying that the hotels in Rio can not charge more their guests than the set price for the 2014 Carnaval. The government is acting strongly to avoid super expensive prices during the soccer world cup held in Rio in June 2014. Let’s hope that the hotels in Rio indeed […]
ANAC is the agency in charge of regulating the flights in Brazil. It has announced that there will be 1973 more flights during the 2014 soccer world cup. The idea is to keep the prices as low as possible. The Brazilian government is also paying special attention to the prices that the hotels are already […]
Arpoador Beach – A beautiful sunset! It’s been an other very hot day in Rio. The temperature has been close to the 40 degrees for the past week. Tourists have been enjoying full beaches and a beautiful sunset at the Arpoador, near Ipanema Beach.
Rio de Janeiro, the place to visit. Rough Guides has voted Rio de Janeiro as the best destination in 2014. According to the guide, Rio knows how to organize beautiful parties and the Soccer World Cup will be an event not to be missed. Also the fact that the city is preparing itself for the […]
New Years’ eve is coming and the city of Rio de Janeiro will have 7 thousand more police officers on the streets. According to the Police Central Station in Rio there will be 10% more officers than in 2012. In total the city will also have 620 police vehicles.