Rio de Janeiro Travel Guide

Rio... Rio, which did not dream about it?
" God is the artist. And Rio, its masterpiece ", are in the habit of saying the Brazilians.
The first bow was blue: the sea. The green ink sprang on the painting to be transformed into forest. Then, came mountains and water which flowed over...

Rio, nicknamed the cidade maravilhosa ( the wonderful city) owes to its incredible magnificence this not usurped reputation.
Around the majesteuse bay of Guanabara, which the Portuguese explorers confused with the mouth of a river (where from the name of the city, literally the river of January), the city developed everywhere where it is possible, in a surprising nearness with natural, omnipresent.
In its heart spreads out the floresta da Tijuca, the bigger urban forest of the world. It encircles from everywhere Corcovado, which, perched in 700 meters in height, dominates and protects the city.
In front of him, the other symbol of the city, the impressive sugar loaf, the solitary guard of the entrance of the bay.
Of this border begin beaches opened on the ocean and names of which are already familiar to us: Copacabana, Ipanema, Leblon, Blocked places of meetings of the people Carioca, and real temples were dedicated to the worship of the body.
What is it absolutely necessary to visit in Rio?
Corcovado, The sugar loaf, Creek of Botafogo, Copacabana, Ipanema, The botanical garden, Forest of Tijuca, Streetcar of Santa Teresa, The historic center, Maracan ã, The bay(berry) of Guanabara, The favelas.