Protesters hit Brazil’s streets It was a very busy day in Rio de Janeiro and in Brazil today. It was estimated that almost 2 million protestors hit the streets all over Brazil today. The fight for a better place was on! Brazilians are not happy with the way president Dilma is running the country. Corruption […]
Rio de Janeiro 450th aniversary It was today the 1st of March that Rio de Janeiro has celebrated its 450th anniversary. Rio de Janeiro’s party cake was set up at Carioca’s street in downtown Rio. It was a huge cake: 450 metres long and weighting 8 tons! Mayor Eduardo Paes was in […]
Would you like to know how´s Copacabana beach during the week? Here you can see a picture (second picture below) taken just a few minutes ago (11.30am) of Copacabana beach on a Tuesday. It´s January and we have lot´s of people on holidays in Rio, but the beaches have even more people […]
Ipanema Beach in Rio de Janeiro. A great place to go! The TripAdvisor website, one of the most important sites of tourism in the world, has selected the 10 most beautiful beaches in Brazil. Ipanema Beach in Rio de Janeiro is among them. It is placed on the 6th position. What do you think? Have […]
We had a very busy day in Rio yesterday with all the cruise ship in town. It was particulary busy up at the Corcovado Mountain. This is the place you go to visit the Christ in Rio. As you can see below, visiting Corcovado in Rio de Janeiro by van is not a good idea. […]
The Great Hotel Gloria in Rio de Janeiro. The Gloria Hotel used to belong to the once Brazilian billionaire Eike Batista. His empire collapsed last year and since then most of his businesses have been sold or investments have been put on hold. The hotel was under a major refurbishment and the workers simply stopped […]
Rio has just received 6 cruise ships and many more are coming! 20.000 people disembarked at Praça Mauá in Rio de Janeiro today. It was a very well organized task where the tourists knew beforehand how much they would pay to go to the main destinations in Rio. 350 taxis and 120 buses where waiting […]
There was an agreement signed today saying that the hotels in Rio can not charge more their guests than the set price for the 2014 Carnaval. The government is acting strongly to avoid super expensive prices during the soccer world cup held in Rio in June 2014. Let’s hope that the hotels in Rio indeed […]
Rio de Janeiro, the place to visit. Rough Guides has voted Rio de Janeiro as the best destination in 2014. According to the guide, Rio knows how to organize beautiful parties and the Soccer World Cup will be an event not to be missed. Also the fact that the city is preparing itself for the […]
New Years’ eve is coming and the city of Rio de Janeiro will have 7 thousand more police officers on the streets. According to the Police Central Station in Rio there will be 10% more officers than in 2012. In total the city will also have 620 police vehicles.