Planning to visit Brazil soon? Then, you should consider getting a visitor guide to Rio de Janeiro, the most visited city in the country.
Rio de Janeiro has a lot to offer to the first time visitor. However, without an insider’s guide, most visitors limit themselves to visit the classics: Sugar Loaf, Copacabana Beach, and Christ the Redeemer statue on Corcovado Mountain. But Rio has not only that to enchant its visitors. On the contrary, you can easily spend a full week of activities such as:
- ► sightseeing (cathedrals, gardens, parks, Carnival stadium…)
- ► hiking and climbing to Sugar Loaf
- ► sailing in Guanabara Bay
- ► swimming in Ipanema or Copacabana Beach
- ► eating local food (Feijoada, Moqueca, Bobó)
- ► drinking refreshing Brazilian beverages (Caipirinha, Açaí, Guaraná Artarctica)
- ► Taking lessons on how to cook Brazilian food
and more…
- ► shopping local art, souvenirs and unique gifts
- ► dancing and listening to Brazilian music
- ► surfing on Arpoador Beach
- ► bicycling around Lagoa (lagoon)
- ► visiting art and history museums
- ► meeting Cariocas (natives of Rio de Janeiro)
- ► chilling out
- ► playing beach volleyball, foot volleyball and football
….and taking full day guided tours to off-the-beaten path destinations one hour or two just outside Rio de Janeiro, such as Petrópolis (imperial city) and Búzios (beach resort).
If you are visiting Rio de Janeiro soon, you can easily guide yourself in the many interesting areas of the city and experience what most visitors don’t — to be a local for a few days.
Rio may be a long way from your home and quite an investment. Flights, hotels and restaurants are expensive. Tour guides, travel packages and expeditions are not cheap either. That’s not to scare you away from Brazil’s most visited city, but instead to motivate you to research as much as you can before flying to Rio, in order to get the most out of your time and money spent in the city.
Be a smart visitor and arm yourself with as much travel information as possible before visiting Rio. Get now the best, most updated and concise guidebook to Rio de Janeiro: My Rio Travel Guide – The Essential How-To Visitor’s Guide to Rio de Janeiro.
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