TO some, Barra da Tijuca is Rio de Janeiro ’s hottest new neighborhood, blessed with beautiful rock formations and a beach blanketed with some of the planet’s sexiest bodies. To others, it is a Brazilian version of the worst of Miami, full of traffic jams and tacky shopping malls.Either way, this booming outpost of large […]
THE BASICSThe Hotel Fasano was the talk of Rio in 2007, eclipsing the fabled Copacabana Palace as the top play den for Brazil ’s rich and famous. While the initial hype may have faded and celebrity sightings are less common, the Philippe Starck -designed hotel still retains an aura of exclusivity, especially from its bossa […]
Rolf Glaser zips his motorbike up the twisting alleyways of Vidigal slum, past a bunch of cheerful, gun-packing drug traffickers, and emerges at a cliffside plateau next to some demolished shacks.A scrawny dog barks angrily from a nearby rooftop.This, the German developer says with a straight face, could be Rio de Janeiro’s next tourist hotspot.“Can […]
Artist Betto Almeida paints the body of a dancer before a carnival parade in Rio de Janeiro. Photo: APBetto Almeida is the Mr Lucky of Rio’s Carnival.The 36-year-old artist awakes at 8 am. Has a little breakfast. Survives a commute through the city’s tough traffic. Arrives at the office by 11.Then he spends hours painting […]
The Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization (ACTO) Wednesday launched a campaign to promote tourism in the Amazon Rainforest area. The Amazon Rainforest area occupies over 7.5 million square kilometers, about 40 percent of South America’s territory, but it does not attract as many tourists as it could. In order to attract tourists, both domestic and foreign, the ACTO […]