Rough Guides - Rio de Janeiro (Rough Guides Snapshot Brazil)

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Acknowledgements

Daniel: thanks the staff at the tourist offices in Niteri, Bzios, Petrpolis, Terespolis and Paraty, and special thanks toBob Nadkarni at The Maze.

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Stephen Keeling worked as a financial journalist and editor for seven years before writing his first travel guide and haswritten several titles for Rough Guides, including New York, Puerto Rico, Florida and Canada. He lives in New York.

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INTRODUCTION TO RIO DE JANEIRO

The citizens of the fourteen-million-strong city of Rio de Janeiro callit the Cidade Marvilhosa and there cant be much argument about that. Althoughriven by inequality, Rio has style. Its international renown is bolstered by some ofthe greatest landmarks in the world: the Corcovado mountain supporting the greatstatue of Christ the Redeemer; the rounded incline of Sugar Loaf mountain, standingat the entrance to the bay; and the famous sweeps of Copacabana and Ipanema beaches,probably the most notable lengths of sand on the planet. Its a setting enhancedannually by the frenetic sensuality of Carnaval, an explosive celebration that formany people sums up Rio and its citizens, the cariocas. The major downside in acity given over to conspicuous consumption is the rapacious development that hasengulfed Rio. As the rural poor, escaping drought and poverty in other regions ofBrazil, swell Rios population, the city has been squeezed like a toothpaste tubebetween mountains and sea, pushing its human contents ever further out along thecoast.

The state of Rio de Janeiro, surrounding the city, is a fairly recentphenomenon, established in 1975 by amalgamating Guanabara state with Rio city,formerly the federal capital. Fairly small by Brazilian standards, the state is bothbeautiful and accessible, with easy trips either northeast along the