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Lonely Planet: The worlds leading travel guide publisher
Lonely Planet Rio de Janeiro is your passport to all the most relevant and up-to-date advice on what to see, what to skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Stroll barefoot on Ipanema beach, take in the view from Pao de Acucar (Sugarloaf), or shake your hips at an old-fashioned samba club; all with your trusted travel companion. Get to the heart of Rio de Janeiro and begin your journey now!
Inside Lonely Planets Rio de Janeiro Travel Guide:
- Full-color maps and images throughout
- Highlightsand itineraries show you the simplest way to tailor your trip to your own personal needs and interests
- Insider tips save you time and money, and help you get around like a local, avoiding crowds and trouble spots
- Essential infoat your fingertips - including hours of operation, phone numbers, websites, transit tips, and prices
- Honest reviews for all budgets - including eating, sleeping, sight-seeing, going out, shopping, and hidden gems that most guidebooks miss
- Cultural insights give you a richer and more rewarding travel experience - including music, sports, history, architecture, cinema, cuisine, and Carnaval celebrations.
- Free, convenient pull-outsheet-map (included in print version), plus over 27 color maps
- Useful features - including Walking Tours, Month by Month (annual festival calendar), and a Carnaval planning chapter.
- Coverage of Ipanema, Leblon, Copacabana, Leme, Gavea, Jardim Botanico, Lagoa, Botofogo, Urca, Flamengo, Centro, Cinelandia, Santa Teresa, Lapa, Zone Norte, Barra da Tijuca and more.
The Perfect Choice:Lonely Planet Rio de Janeiro, our most comprehensive guide to Rio de Janeiro, is perfect for those planning to both explore the top sights and take the road less traveled.
- Looking for more extensive coverage? Check out Lonely Planets Brazil guide for a comprehensive look at all the country has to offer.
Authors: Written and researched by Lonely Planet, Regis St Louis.
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Welcome to
Rio de Janeiro
Golden beaches and lush mountains, samba-fueled nightlife and spectacular football matches: welcome to the Cidade Maravilhosa (Marvelous City)
Standing atop the 710m peak of Corcovado, you will see why Rio is called the Cidade Maravilhosa. Lushly forested mountains fringe the city, with shimmering beaches tracing the shoreline and a string of tiny islands scattered along the seafront. Far from being a mere cinematic backdrop, this seaside beauty hosts outstanding outdoor adventures: hike the Tijuca rainforest, bicycle alongside the lake and beaches, sail across Baa de Guanabara, and surf, rock climb and hang glide in one of the worlds most stunning urban landscapes.
Rios beaches have long seduced visitors. Copacabana beach became a symbol of Rio during the 1940s, when international starlets jetted down for the weekend. Hogging the spotlight these days is Ipanema beach, its fame and beauty unabated since bossa nova stars Tom Jobim and Vinicius de Moraes introduced the world to its allure in the 1960s. For cariocas (residents of Rio), the beach is Rios backyard a playground thats free and open to all, offering endless enjoyment in the form of football, volleyball, surfing, snacking, drinking or simply relaxing amid the passing people parade.
Music is the lifeblood of Rio, with a soundtrack comprising rock, old-school bossa nova, hip-hop, funk and Brazils many regional styles. Above all, theres samba, a rapid-fire style of music with African influences and an infectious beat that is synonymous with Rio. You can hear it all over town, but the soul of samba resides in Lapa, an edgy, red-light district that is home to dozens of live-music halls and an enormous weekend street party that draws revelers from all walks of life. Samba is also the integral sound during Carnaval and the danceable backing music to street parties and all-night parades.
Speaking of Carnaval, Rio knows how to party. Whether you call it joie de vivre, lebensfreude or lust for life, cariocas have it in spades. Carnaval, and the build-up to it, is the most obvious manifestation of this celebratory spirit. But Rio has many other occasions for revelry celebrations after the big Flamengo (or Vasco, Fluminense or Botafogo) football match, weekend samba parties around town, baile (dance) funk parties in the favelas and boat parties on the bay. Or save your energy for major fests like Reveillon (New Years Eve) and the Festas Juninas.
JOHN W BANAGAN / GETTY IMAGES
By Regis St Louis, Author
Theres no other place like Rio. Its the combination of many things that I find so captivating: walking through parks inside the city and seeing monkeys and toucans, spending the evening catching music jams around Lapa, joining a few friends amid the roaring crowds at Maracan or greeting the sunrise (after an early morning or late night) from Copacabana beach. Its those precious moments when you realize youre hooked. I also love the carioca spirit, spontaneous and good-natured, with the urge to live life to the fullest. Its no wonder that in a 2013 survey, Rio was rated the worlds happiest city.
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Get plenty of sleep before you board the plane, because once you land, its nonstop revelry until Ash Wednesday (sort of) brings it all to a close. With nearly 500 street parties happening in every corner of town, you will not lack for options. For the full experience, join a samba school and parade amid pounding drum corps and mechanized smoke-breathing dragons before thousands of roaring fans in the Sambdromo. Or assemble a costume and hit one of the Carnaval balls around town. The build-up starts weeks in advance.
Carnaval
The enchanting beachfront attracts a wide mix of cariocas (residents of Rio), with a different crowd surfers, volleyballers, bohemians, muscle boys for each section (or posto), including famous Posto 9 where Ipanemas young and beautiful frolic. The principal activities of the day are people-watching, surfside walks and watching the sunset best from Arpoador, at Ipanemas east end. You can also eat and drink on the sand. Roaming vendors bring the goods to you, and barracas (beach stalls) set you up with chairs, umbrellas and caipirinhas. All you need to do is show up.
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