Rio de Janeiro Neighborhoods Safety The tourist area – known as Zona Sul (the South Zone) – is generally safe, although exercise caution when walking around at night, especially downtown ...

If you want beaches and views, explore the south. If you need some intellectual and cultural stimulation, go north. That’s how easy it is to plan your sightseeing in Rio. It’s probably worth starting ...

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Of the 158 thousand special cards put on sale by MetrôRio for New Year's Eve in Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro, about 70 thousand have already been sold. The busiest time - from 9 pm to 10 pm - is ...

There's a lot to like and dislike in Rio de Janeiro, but it's these contradictions that create a gravity-like pull that lures you in ...

FOR AT LEAST half a decade, Juliana Ayako has been fascinated by a strange, slapdash house on a bare hillside that she passes when she drives from her home in Rio de Janeiro to her partner’s ...

A monumental public work made by the late Brazilian artist Amelia Toledo (1926-2017) in Rio de Janeiro will be restored as part of an initiative between Galeria Nara Roesler, which represents the ...

The Rio subway system is cheap, clean and easy to navigate. Single subway tickets are priced at 6.90reais (about $1.40) and doesn't expire after purchase. A variety of metro-bus combination ticket ...