Rio de Janeiro is a hot spot in Brazil.  It's annual carnival celebrations and New Year's parties give it a reputation like no other. The party atmosphere takes over the entire city with most people off work during the celebrations. It is a massive city with impressive roads and an intelligent pu... more

Culture

Rio de Janiero is one of the carnival capitals of the world with a laid-back attitude to life. People in the city work hard and play hard. The best times to go will be during Carnival generally in February or for New Year's when everyone descends to the beaches dressed head-to-toe in white and se... more

Equality

Homosexuality is very much part of public life, or so it would seem - but ony in the key districts and certainly not in the slums. It is not quite as accepted across the whole of Rio as openly as Ipanema and Copacabana. These is a lot of diversity in Brazil, especially culturally with a mix of ra... more

A popular destination for many a year, Brazil has been able to call upon its beautiful beaches and beautiful people, as well as rely upon its carnival atmosphere which peaks throughout the night. B...

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Cariocas love beach. They have an intensive beach culture there, it's an reference in their lifes, more than in anywhere in Brazil. Anyway, Brazilian are used to love the sea. I live in Belo Horizo...

I spent 5 days in Rio de Janeiro in Feb 09 just during Carnival. Rio is amazing from its sightseeing as Cristo redondo to the Sugar loaf. Ipanema is beach is much nicer than Copacabana while the la...

The Sambradrome is a large parade route with stalls and seating either side to watch 10 hours of parades hosted by 12 Samba Schools during the annual festival. Each parade lasts around 75 minutes ...