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You can easily spend a week in Rio de Janeiro. Touring, eating, drinking, doing sports such as walking, jogging, paddling, kayaking, swimming, bicycling, fishing, flirting (yes, flirting is a “sport” for some during street Carnival in February/March every year).
Besides, you can chill out or go visiting off the beaten path sites — non-touristy overlooks, colonial areas, charming cafes on cobblestone streets, arty shops in bohemian neighborhoods. You can follow an itinerary that covers the highlights of Rio de Janeiro, the iconic landmarks as well as take the road less traveled.
But how to create such an itinerary with updated information to safely see, do, and experience the real Rio?
Christ the Redeemer statue.
Good news! You don’t need to think on how to create such an itinerary because I have done all the thinking for you when I wrote My Rio Travel Guide, the most practical, updated, and useful guidebook to Rio de Janeiro.
For example, chapter 3 of My Rio Travel Guide has 29 pages with a detailed itinerary covering the top 16 sites in Rio de Janeiro. With that chapter alone in your hands, and with its maps, you can spend a day and a half visiting and sightseeing by yourself the most popular landmarks as well as the lesser-known sights.
The itinerary I have created is the result of more than 1,800 private tours I have provided in the last years. The itinerary has been tested again and again, over and over, and it still is updated.
It was created to be used on a Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and even on holidays, regardless of the month of the year, high or low season, during Carnival, or on busy days such as around New Year’s Eve.

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