Rio De Janeiro Travel Blog

View from Santa Teresa With its soft curves of white sand beaches, lush vegetation and jutting mountains, Rio de Janeiro is arguably the most stunning city on the planet. But there is more to the city than beautiful beaches and beautiful people, and the longer you spend here, the more you will get to...

Rio’s beach zones are chock-full of high rise hotels, but if you’re looking for something a little different, the more interesting alternatives are often to be found some distance from the beach. But what you lack in ease of access to the sands you will make up for in views, as some of Rio...

Made (in)famous the world over through films such as City of God and the Elite Squad movies, Rio de Janeiro’s favelas, or slums, are a source of both fascination and fear to visitors. And while recent police operations have seen power wrested from the hands of drug trafficking gangs in several...

Brazilian police and military have announced the successful occupation of nine favelas (slums) in Central Rio and surrounding  the touristic neighborhood of Santa Teresa. As part of an ongoing operation to wrest control of the favelas from drug factions and bring order to the communities, tanks and...

Tourists in Rio de Janeiro should avoid venturing far from their accommodation, as violent clashes between the police and drugs gangs continue. While the tourist hotspots are so far largely unaffected by this week’s attacks, gangs are continuing to set fire to cars and buses across the city, making...

Want to get the personalised service of a taxi for the same price as a cramped and bumpy bus ride? Of course you do. So what’s the catch? Well, for those who like their transportation to come with a healthy injection of adrenaline and high-speed thrills, there isn’t one. ‘Moto-taxis’...

Cilan, one of the founders of Projeto Morrinho, started the project as an after-school hobby aged 14Rio’s middle classes may like to joke that the city’s notorious favelas (slums) seem to spring up just about everywhere, but few would expect to find a favela slap bang in the centre of London. But...