Rio de Janeiro has plenty to offer for travelers planing to do tourism in the most fantastic city in Brazil. From breath-taking views seen from the summit of impressive mountains to eating tasty and traditional local food in non-touristy places to cycling on paths bustling with locals, you name it.
Rio de Janeiro is a city that once you visit, you want to come back for more. In fact, alone or in groups, there are more and more tourists visiting Rio another time, year after year.
Here it is an overview of the type of tourism you can do when visiting Rio de Janeiro:
Leisure
Rio has plenty to offer if you just want to chill out and relax: popular or hidden beaches, gardens, parks, lookouts, off-the-beaten path cafés, shops, markets, and possibly the roof-top pool area of your own hotel.
Besides, it has many overlooks (such as the classics Corcovado and Sugar Loaf) as well as many other spots not visited by most travelers while doing tourism in Rio de Janeiro.
Sports
If you are physically active and like open-air sports Rio de Janeiro may be the perfect city for doing tourism during your vacation, or even for an extended break. The city has great weather all year around (although a bit hot and humid in the summer), which allows you to get involved in many sport and tourism-related activities, such as:
Land activities…
- ● Jogging
- ● Walking
- ● Football
- ● Roller skating
- ● Skateboarding
- ● Cycling (bicycle touring in rural areas just outside Rio is also possible)
- ● Beach volleyball right on Copacabana or Ipanema Beach
Water activities…
- ● Rowing
- ● Water skiing
- ● Surfing
- ● Body boarding
- ● Surfboarding
- ● Kayaking
- ● Sailing
- ● Deep-sea fishing
- ● Diving
- ● Swimming
- ● Rafting (just outside Rio)
As well as ecotourism and adventure activities such as:
- ● Hang gliding and paragliding
- ● Horseback riding
- ● Marathon
- ● Thiathlon
- ● Trekking
- ● Hiking
- ● Capoeira fighting lessons
- ● Bowling
- ● Indoor karting
Did you think that doing tourism in Rio de Janeiro would be something for a day or two? If you like to feel, hear and do as locals do, then you can easily spend your whole vacation in Rio de Janeiro, have a great time, and not get bored at all.
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Apart from the leisure tourism, you can also travel to Rio de Janeiro for the following reasons:
Medical Tourism
Rio de Janeiro is considered one of the best cities in Latin America for plastic surgery. Ivo Pitanguy, one of the most famous cosmetic surgeons in the world, has set up his medical practice decades ago, where he has operated patients, trained his own team of surgeons as well as doctors from Brazil and all around the world.
Without a doubt, Rio is a great city to combine a leisure trip with a health treatment.
Event & Business Tourism
As Rio de Janeiro is becoming in vogue and and safer than ever, the city is getting even more popular to host conferences, congresses, and incentive trips. For a variety of reasons, companies from all sectors are increasingly choosing Rio as a destination for those purposes.
LGBT Tourism
Rio is one of the most gay-friendly cities in the world, and Ipanema neighborhood, although not a gay district, combines gay beach, restaurants, and clubs all at walking distance from hotels and vacation apartments. Besides, an anti-discrimination law is on the way, which will make LGBT even more at ease in Rio de Janeiro.
Planning to travel to Rio de Janeiro soon? Read all the important and updated travel information in My Rio Travel Guide – The Essential How-To Visitor’s Guide to Rio de Janeiro.