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No other city in the world with so much charm bear the title “Wonderful” as the Rio de Janeiro. The vagaries of nature, sea and mountains which placed side by side in perfect harmony, add the Christ Redeemer, Sugar Loaf, the Maracanã and lifestyle party and stripped of Rio. More than a postal card, the river is a state of mind, always cheerful and high-spirits. Also, could - the city is about 30 kilometers from shore circumvented by calçadões and bike paths taken by people all day walking, cycling, running or just watching the movement. Besides the beaches - from Copacabana to the extensive democratic Barra da Tijuca, from neo-hippie Ipanema - still has the Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas, Parque do Flamengo and Tijuca Forest, framed by beautiful natural scenery and plenty of room for the practice of sports outdoors.

The river, however, is also reflected in the night and all its Lapa bohemia. The district, which went through a long period of decline, is again a meeting point for fans of samba - but also opens space for the most diverse musical styles that invade homes as the Circo Voador and Progress Casting. Close to Lapa, the old capital of the Empire and the Republic saves a beautiful collection of architectural XIX and XX centuries which today houses museums and cultural spaces. Gathered in the center of the city, the buildings may be available on a walk by Cinelandia, there are buildings like the Municipal Theater and National Museum of Fine Arts, and around the Praça XV, circumvented the Paço Imperial, Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil , the Casa França-Brasil … Once in the central region, take the streetcar to catch, through the Arcos da Lapa and contribute to the bucolic Santa Teresa neighborhood with narrow streets and plenty of work as what workshops, bars and shops.

Bars and night clubs of Lapa reveal the many facets of bohemia carioca

Vienna by nature - the river is home to major sporting and cultural events throughout the year - the city is even more busy in summer, when the country’s two major festivals attract people from around the world. On New Year’s Eve, tons of fireworks color the sky of Copacabana to welcome the New Year, while in the carnival revelry takes care of the streets, and its apotheosis in the Sambadrome, attended the scene of parades of samba schools. Why talk in associations, as they and the teams of football, Rio has its Boteco whole heart. Mandatory program after the beach, the beer and taking leads to botequins - feet, or dirty and clean - where snacks caldinho as beans, pastries and sandwiches of ham worth a meal.