Rio de Janeiro is an amazing destination for its traditional carnival, the beauty of its beaches and its excellent nightlife. Thus, for this and many more reasons, Rio is one of the most desired destinations for tourists. Once in a lifetime, you should visit enchanted Rio, a dazzling city with amazing landscapes, views, and beaches. Truly, the best of Brazil!

Rio = Total attraction

Without a doubt, Rio de Janeiro is one of the most beautiful cities in South America and in the entire world. It is 1150 km from Brasilia and 420 km from São Paulo. Rio has everything, making anyone wanting to return again and again. It is full of charm, with its natural landscapes, surrounded by beautiful beaches and lush mountains, with its pleasant subtropical climate. Furthermore, you live an environment with a number of festivals and events that are being organized to hook even more to tourism. One of them is the famous Carnival of Rio.

Beach, Garotas and samba

 Rio de Janeiro is internationally known for its famous beaches, such as Copacabana and Ipanema. Whose names have been immortalized in songs that talk about them. The Copacabana beach, which is the most popular place in the city of Rio, is around 4 km long and owes its fame to the quality of its sand and the large tourist influx it has. 

The Ipanema neighborhood, where the beach of the same name is located, is a little more exclusive. People with a higher purchasing power go here. It is full of hotels and restaurants of higher quality and comfort for an unforgettable trip.

 Rio de Janeiro is well-known for its carnival, which this year takes place from Saturday the 13th to Tuesday the 16th of February, and which is an event that brings thousands of tourists together. The tickets for the event are sold with a year in advance, and they are sold out in seconds after releasing the event. 

 The carnival is a show with a lot of movement, rhythm, and color, with different samba schools presenting their choreography on a stage. 

Magic and Color

For this the party is prepared throughout the year, it is up on live television and it is a true spectacle, with majestic costumes, dazzling colors, allegorical creations, magnificent floats moving to the rhythm of the samba; and all parading through the Sambodromo the stop of the Marquis of Sapucai.

 The Samba schools parade compete to become champions of samba. For schools to participate, they must belong to the Rio de Janeiro samba school association. Generally, 5000 people per school participate and there are always different interventions by characters from the show. The party officially begins on the Friday before Carnival, when the commander hands over the symbolic keys to the city to King Momo. On the first day of the carnival, we will see the schools of Santa of the group of access to the following days of the carnival Sunday and Monday. Seven schools could be presented and the following Saturday the winning schools are presented. 

Beyond samba

There is so much to know in Rio, as it is a city full of history, with beautiful temples, both old and new, such as the contemporary style cathedral, inaugurated in 1979. The cathedral is an impressive conical-shaped building with capacity for thousands of persons. There is also the Nuestra Señora de Candelaria Church, a neoclassical temple lined with marble inside, built in the late 16th century. It is essential to know the Itamarat palace and the Imperial Palace. The first dates from the 19th century and is currently the liaison of the representative offices of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Brazil. The second one was for many years the home of the viceroys of Brazil and then the government, when Rio de Janeiro was the capital of Brazil. 

Today it houses the Paulo Santos library and is used for exhibitions, plays, concerts, and other cultural activities. For those who like contemporary art, good to visit the museums of modern art and that of contemporary art, which house works by modern Brazilian contemporary artists. Other places that cannot be missed in the tour of the Tijuca National Park that has numbers in facilities for visiting and ecological leisure. You can go hiking, access viewpoints, practice this lodge, among other activities. The park occupying 1 to 3300 hectares constitutes the largest urban jungle in the world classified as a "Biosphere Reserve" by Unesco.

Its emblematic Symbols

On the Corcobado hill, 0 7110 m high, 50 in May five from the city, and Christ the Redeemer. It is a colossal statue 30 m high, studying in 1921 and recently chosen as one of the wonders of the world. 

From above it offers impressive panoramic views for tourists and travelers, so visiting this place is one of the actions that cannot be missed. Other attractions of the city are the monolithic mountain known as the sugarloaf, which is the quintessential viewpoint in Rio de Janeiro and its magnificent botanical garden, recognized worldwide for its quality and for having approximately 11,000 species of vegetables from all over the planet. And if we continue talking about emblems, of course, we cannot forget soccer. one of the most visited places by tourists of the Maracanã stadium, which for many years was the largest in the world and is the symbol of sport and culture in Brazil. This place has daily guided tours and games with a large influx of public are held in this venue.

The “Cristo Redentor” is a colossal 30 meters high statue, built in 1921 and recently chosen as one of the new wonders of the world. 

Rio de Janeiro is famous for its carnival, an event that attracts thousands of tourists and cares for tickets, they sell out almost immediately after putting them on sale a year in advance.

 Post written by Bruno Ivich Jijon