rio de janeiro

Cidade Maravilhosa, "the marvellous city" as Rio de Janeiro is known to its residents (or cariocas) and the rest of the Brazil, is also arguably the most beautiful city, both in terms of its setting and its people. This is, after all, the city that brought us the girl from Ipanema and all her friends.

Rio de Janeiro, the world’s largest tropical city, is a mix of a major metropolitan centre, with all the facilities you might expect, with excellent restaurants, sophisticated night life, charming bars, musical extravaganzas, theatre, cinema, museums, art galleries and world-class shopping and sport, and a resort. As a tropical resort, Rio offers miles of golden beaches, including, Ipanema and Copacabana, two of the most famous stretches of sand in the world, and near-perfect weather all year round.