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Rio de Janeiro Brazil Vacation Travel Reviews
More About Rio de Janeiro - Editor's Tips - Weather Maps & Dining
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In a Coffee-Mad City, the Bitter With the Sweet
New York Times (free registration required), March 25, 2007
"In Rio de Janeiro, every street corner offers an opportunity for refreshment: juice bars, açaí stands, open-air bars and of course botequins. These neighborhood institutions are part café, part lunch counter and part bistro; the place for a quick salgadinho, one of the salty snacks like fried balls of salt cod, and a cafezinho, the little cup of coffee beloved by Brazilians..."
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How to... do the Rio carnival
Guardian Unlimited, February 18, 2007
"Before the Samba Parade, the samba schools gather in a huge outdoor arena near the Sambadrome, called the 'concentration'. You can watch the performers practice for free if you turn up a couple of hours before the show starts at 9pm..."
Rio's Lapa area is where the samba never stopped
Dallas Morning News, December 17, 2006
Rio. If you hear the name and say, "I want the fear. I want the drama. I want the sweat," then, "The Lapa neighborhood offers all three in spades... Getting to Lapa - 20 minutes and a $12 cab ride from the tourist zone - can seem like a trek, but if it were any closer to shore, it would doubtless be spoiled..."
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Adventures in fabulous Rio
MSNBC.com / Frommers, November 16, 2006
"Rio! Just the name gets the pulse racing. Famed for its party spirit, its unusually beautiful people, and its eye-candy setting, wedged between jagged mountains and a deep blue ocean, Rio is a life-list destination, one of those places that you simply have to see before you die. This, in spite of its problems with street crime and poverty. A day and, more importantly, a night in Rio is always an adventure, and will be so with the following 24-hour itinerary..."
For additional travel information, contact:
Rio Convention and Visitors Bureau
Rua Visconde de Piraja, 547 Suite 610, 22415-900 Rio de Janeiro - RJ
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