Rio De Janeiro Travel Blog

Socialising with fellow travelers is all well and good, but if you really want to experience the heart and soul of a city you need to get to know the locals. This is especially true of Rio de Janeiro, where the locals’ welcoming attitude, party spirit and zest for life all help to make the city...

So you think you can dance? Well Rio de Janeiro is the place to prove it. Give the locals a hint of a beat and a half-inch of floor space and they’ll be jiggling away – feet, torsos, and (most importantly of all) butts all moving in perfect sync. And while there are more dance styles...

The samba has been danced, the caipirinhas have been drunk, and Rio de Janeiro is suffering a collective hangover as the city and its residents attempt to recover from the frenzied partying of Rio Carnival 2011. And while die-hard partiers can still find the odd street party taking place in the city...

The weather may have been less than perfect, but millions of revellers took to the street over the weekend to celebrate Carnival in riotous fashion. An estimated two million crammed into Centro on Saturday to follow the city’s longest-established bloco (street samba party), Cordao do Bolo Preto,...

For hardcore partiers, Rio Carnival can’t be beat. For four days and nights the entire city sheds its (admittely few) inhibitions, and the streets are a right of colour and music. Believe it or not, though, there are times when all that hedonism starts to take its toll – particularly...

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The temperatures in Rio are soaring, and so too is the sense of anticipation as the frenzied partying of Carnival draws closer. Falling later in the calendar this year than usual (Carnival is a moveable festa, based around the dates of lent), there has been plenty of time to recover from the excesses...

Nothing is guaranteed to ruin your holiday in Rio faster than a dose of food poisoning, so it pays to keep an eye on what you’re eating and drinking in the city. Unfamiliar foods, all manner of tropical creepy crawlies and some less than pristine public toilets can all have unpleasant effects on...

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Rio de Janeiro is a far cry from your average city, and many of Rio´s residents are every bit as colorful as the place itself. The city is firmly established as a top destination for gay holidaymakers, and is much more accepting of alternative lifestyles than many other cities in South America. The...