Rio de Janeiro

Advantages: Vibrant and exciting.
Disadvantages: Expensive to get to

This famous location is probably about 10 years past its best, but even so it is still one of the premier destinations in the world. The beach front is packed with grand hotels and bars that sell "Coco Gelado", or unripe coconuts that are filled with coconut milk and are the best hangover cure known to man. If you sit at one of the bars you will be hassled by traders selling everything from hats, to t-shirts, to plastic maps of Brazil, even if you ...
...the side street souvenir shops. If you fancy a taste of home you could try the tiny Shaeds bar close to The Meridien Hotel, situated down a side street (but signposted from the beach) this bar sells Guinness in cans for 10 Reais (about £3). The beach itself contains football goalposts for most of its length and is floodlit at night. These floodlights rather ruin the sunset at this location but the colourful and spectacular display can be viewed in ... Read review

Advantages: So much to do
Disadvantages: Nothing at all

Rio de Janeiro is one of the most beautiful cities in the world and very famous for the atractions you must seen. When you arive in Rio at the International Airport there is nothing to worry for even knowing that you have still to travel about 40 min to get IN the city.The first part of the city that you see is Lagoa = lagoon, very interesting with buildings around the lagoon and when the night comes is more beautiful than during the day, because ...
...looks like a big mirror.Leblon is going to the right side of Lagoa, and its where you have the uper class living in there and good restaurants,bars and don't froget to stop at Balada to take any kind of juice you can imagine and maybe a sandwich yumyum,cinemas,beach,and much more as like Flamengo Football Team that is the favorite brazilian the Jockey Club for who want to be a millionaire, i wish :-). Going straight away you have Copacabana where ... Read review

Advantages: good service
Disadvantages: if don't give tips you don't have good service

Tips are mandatory in most parts of the United States and Europe. In Brazil it is optional, but pleases and garantees good service during your stay. Although it isn't mandatory, some satisfactory percentiles are established for specific services. To the restaurant waiter, 10% is already included in the bill. To hotel bellboys usually 1,00 real is given per volume / suitcase. For other individual or group services, the traveler decides the amount. ... Read review

Advantages: New culture, totaly different of the european.
Disadvantages: The hit is to much...take care

...lots of airflights available. Rio de Janeiro is a paradise...people,music as like samba,bossa nova, beach, very nice food, chopp is a very light beer and you must try, events. Go for it, give me your oppinion even if you never have been in Brazil, you must heard about it...go on... ... Read review

Advantages: all
Disadvantages: none

Rio de Janeiro is a city known all over the world for its contrasts between sea and mountains, which create its natural beauties. From the tourist points you can observe an exuberant and rich scenery,with forests,beaches and hills carefully designed by nature. Don't forget to see these places which are called touristic points. Corcovado- From the top of its 710 meters, you are able to see from Corcovado Hill the whole city of Rio de Janeiro. The ...
...its open arms over the marvelous city. There are two options to get there:by car you pay a small fee to enter the park, by train the trip takes 17 minutes on the way up and 22 minutes on the way down. Sugar Loaf- Sharing its importance with the Corcovado the beauty and location of the ensemble Urca hill and Sugar loaf are undeniable. To get there, the lift ride is done in two stages. The first stop is at the Urca Hill, a grat plateau with lots of ... Read review