Rio de Janeiro


Hang glider, Christ Statue, Sugar Loaf, Ipanema

Rio also has Carnival celebrations, samba and other music, hotel-lined tourist beaches, such as Copacabana, Ipanema, and Leblon; pavements decorated with black and cream swirl pattern mosaics.  Sugarloaf mountain (Pão de Açúcar) with its cable car; the Sambódromo, a giant permanent parade stand used during Carnival; and Maracanã stadium, one of the world's largest football stadiums. Rio also boasts the world's largest forest inside an urban area, called Floresta da Tijuca, or 'Tijuca Forest'.

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Ipanema, Leblon & the "Two Brothers"

Ipanema

 

View from Corcovado (Christ Statue)

Hang gliding (asa-delta) at Sao Conrado in Rio

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Natal - Endless beaches, Dune buggys. Great food - Hotels - restaurants & shopping