The 30 m Art Deco statue of Christ with open arms on top of Corcovado mountain, completed in 1931, one of the New Seven Wonders of the World, with sweeping views over Rio, its beaches and Sugarloaf Mountain.
Take the cog train through the Tijuca Forest (book ahead) or the official vans. Go early on a clear day; clouds often cover the top.
CabanaCopa is a hostel in a big renovated colonial house on a quiet lane in Copacabana, three blocks from the beach and next to the green slopes of t…
Rio's famous beaches: Copacabana with its wave-patterned promenade, and Ipanema, with views of the Dois Irmãos peaks, where locals applaud the sunset…
A granite peak rising 396 m at the mouth of Guanabara Bay, reached by two cable cars via Morro da Urca, with views of Copacabana and Christ the Redee…
Paraty is a colonial town of whitewashed houses and cobbled streets that flood at high tide, a UNESCO site with the surrounding Atlantic Forest.
A gold-rush colonial town in the hills of Minas Gerais, a UNESCO site, with steep cobbled streets and baroque churches decorated by the sculptor Alei…
Brazil's planned capital, built in the late 1950s, with buildings by Oscar Niemeyer: the crown-shaped Cathedral, the National Congress and the Paláci…
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