There are dozen reasons to travel to Brazil and visit the beach capital — Rio de Janeiro. White sand beaches at literally walking distance from hotels, warm weather all year around, excellent and varied cuisine, safe (in spite of an old bad reputation), friendly and welcoming locals, great nightlife, and much more. Let’s explore a bit more the top three reasons to visit Rio de Janeiro: 1 – Friendly and Welcoming Locals in Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro locals…read more
There are in excess of 600 favelas (slums) in Rio de Janeiro. Yes, there are many favelas. How many people live in favelas? How big can a favela in Rio de Janeiro be? How many houses are there in a favela? Are there schools in favelas? sewage? water? markets? hospitals? streets? churches? How safe a favela tour is? Who live in favelas? It seems that there are many questions to be answered. If you are really interested in learning about…read more
If you plan to spend from 1 to 5 days in Rio de Janeiro you will definitely need a suggested itinerary to follow daily — assuming that you want to get the most out of your vacation in Rio, and in Brazil. Rio de Janeiro is a huge city — with lots of people, vehicles, hills, tunnels, attractions, activities, beaches, and more. Without a plan, a map, a suggested itinerary, you are likely to loose a lot of time and…read more
My Rio Travel Guide is not a guidebook that covers the whole Brazil. However, it covers very well Rio de Janeiro — the most fantastic city in Brazil. My Rio Travel Guide is a highly recommended insider’s guidebook to Rio (read the reviews on this website). This guidebook is informative, practical, and extremely updated! If you are planning to visit different cities in several states in Brazil then you should consider purchasing a guidebook that covers the whole country. But…read more
As far as I know, there is no guide or tour to Bossa Nova places in Rio de Janeiro. In fact, Bossa Nova is not as popular as it used to be in 1960s. Nowadays, other rhythms took over, such as samba (Rio’s most popular and heard rhythm), choro, forro, Brazilian funk, and Brazilian country music. Only a minority of young Cariocas (natives of Rio) listen to, buy CDs, download, or attend a concert of live Bossa Nova. It is…read more
Sugar Loaf in Rio de Janeiro is an absolutely must-visit attraction any time of the year, from where you can have one of the best views of Rio. However, you can also photograph Sugar Loaf from the bottom, before visiting it, which consists of taking the cable cars (gondolas) up to the summit of the mountain. You can take some unique (if not the best) photos in Urca — the area around Sugar Loaf — since most tourists don’t know…read more
On this website you will find the main English guide books to Rio de Janeiro — My Rio Travel Guide, Christ the Redeemer Statue atop Corcovado Mountain, and Sugar Loaf Hill. All three are must-have guidebooks for those travelling to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. My Rio Travel Guide — This is the most informative, updated, and useful Rio de Janeiro guide book written in English. It covers the main issues that matters to a tourist such as safety, transportation, accommodation,…read more
My Rio Travel Guide is the alternative guide for travelers planning a trip to Rio de Janeiro. If you have traveled extensively in your country or abroad, you have probably used a range of different travel guidebooks, and have noticed many times that they all have one major drawback — they are partially outdated. In spite of the travel guides’ authors efforts to keep the information as updated as possible, that regrettably is not always possible. Things change too fast…read more
Are you planning a trip to Brazil and looking for a Rio tourist book? You’ve come to the right page. My Rio Travel Guide is the most reliable, practical, and updated tourist book on Rio de Janeiro. This book is the handiest tool to plan your trip to Rio and to have a good overview of things before packing. Here is what this Rio de Janeiro tourist book can do for you: Hotels Recommendations — There are hundreds of hotels…read more
The closest airport to Christ the Redeemer is Santos Dumont Airport (SDU) in Rio de Janeiro Downtown (Centro). The point is that SDU is not an international airport, so if you are flying to Brazil directly to Rio de Janeiro you will land on the Rio de Janeiro international airport (GIG – Galeao/Antonio Carlos Jobim). Even if you are flying to Sao Paulo, and then proceeding to Rio you are likely to land on the Rio de Janeiro international airport…read more
