You can take any camera you want to Rio de Janeiro. In fact, you should take your best camera, but you should also take a small digital camera. The point is that during your visit to Rio you will be 99.99% safe at iconic attractions such as Sugar Loaf Hill and Christ the Redeemer Statue on Corcovado Mountain. In fact, you may regret not bringing your best camera to these places because you will see several tourists taking photos with…read more
Flamengo is a traditional middle-to-upper class neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro. The area is rather safe during the day, and partially safe at night. It depends a lot on the street. In fact, that happens a lot in various districts in Rio — totally safe at day time, but with some reasonably safe streets at night. Generally speaking the safer streets are the noisiest and busiest, with lots of traffic and people. In Flamengo area the busiest streets are the…read more
Do you really need a Rio de Janeiro nightlife guided tour, or can you do it safely by yourself? Typically, a Rio nightlife guided tour includes dinner at a touristy local restaurant, and after dinner, a folk show, with samba dancers and musicians, capoeira session, and gorgeous women and men in Carnival costumes. Some tour operators offer a package which includes dinner at a typical restaurant, and a live band playing traditional Brazilian music either at the same place, or…read more
My Rio Travel Guide — the most updated, practical, and useful guidebook to Rio de Janeiro — has a chapter dedicated to Rio’s nightlife. This travel guide e-book does not cover nightlife only, hence it does not list all the options available in the city. However, it presents enough options to keep you busy in your first 7 nights in Rio de Janeiro, with different nightlife options for each night of the week: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and…read more
Asking yourself “How many days should I spend in Rio?” Well, the number of days to stay in Rio depends a lot on your own plan, wishes, and expectations. How many days do you need on the beach? How many days are you willing to tour around visiting the main sites? How many nights out can you stand enjoying Rio’s daily live music program at popular local night venues? What else you want to visit in Brazil? Frankly, you could…read more
It is safe to travel to Rio de Janeiro with children. In fact, generally speaking, it is safe to travel to Brazil. Regardless of the age of your kids, you will feel that it was the right decision to bring the children along. Rio de Janeiro is becoming increasingly safer in the last years, and I have witnessed more and more families travelling to Brazil. I work as a private tour guide and have felt that a higher percentage of…read more
There are several variables to consider before go visiting Christ the Redeemer Statue atop Corcovado Mountain in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. If you are on a cruise ship that will dock in Rio’s port (Pier Maua), then you should take into account even more issues that a visitor staying in a hotel, for example in Copacabana or Ipanema, wouldn’t need to worry about. TIP: Whether you stay in a hotel or on the cruise ship, get a copy of My…read more
The most traditional and touristy way to get to the summit of Corcovado Mountain is by taking a cog wheel train from Corcovado Train Station to Christ the Redeemer Statue. The Corcovado Train Station is at 38 meters (12 feet) above sea level in the neighborhood Cosme Velho, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. This train station is about 20 to 40 minutes by taxi from Copacabana, Ipanema, Leblon, Leme, or Arpoador districts (and slightly less from neighborhoods such as Flamengo, Catete,…read more
The number 1 recommendation before packing to Rio de Janeiro is to get a copy of the updated, practical, and informative My Rio Travel Guide. Whether or not you already have bought a guidebook to Rio (or to Brazil), this e-book will definitely worth the extra investment. My Rio Travel Guide does worth the money for many reasons: 1 – The travel guide is recommended by several travelers who have been to Rio, and to Brazil; 2 – This beautifully…read more
Read below the top three recommendations for tourists travelling to Rio de Janeiro. Obviously there are many other important recommendations, and what is important for some tourists may not be important to others. Recommendation # 1 If you are a mid-range traveler (or on a budget) prepare your finances. Rio de Janeiro is the second most expensive city in South America, and as the number on tourists increase towards 2016 (and beyond), it may become the most expensive city in…read more