A LUXURY VACATION IN RIO DE JANEIRO
Carnival drums, golden beaches, forested peaks and samba in the streets – Rio de Janeiro is South America’s most exuberant city, every bit as lyrical as João Gilberto once sang it.
Christ the Redeemer keeps watch from Corcovado Mountain, Sugarloaf rises from the bay, and life plays out along Copacabana and Ipanema. With a year-round tropical climate, a lilting soundtrack of samba and bossa nova, and the wild energy of Carnival never far away, Rio is Brazil’s beating heart – and one of the world’s great cities to explore.
We know Rio inside out and can steer you to the very best ways to experience it. From samba halls to street parties, neighbourhood botecos pouring caipirinhas by the jug to Michelin-starred chefs reinventing Brazilian classics, a world-class art scene and boutiques alive with local creativity, it’s a city that never stands still.
WHAT TO SEE AND DO IN RIO DE JANEIRO
Rio’s appeal lies not only in its beaches and postcard skyline, but in its unpredictability, its seductive energy and its wildly sociable people.
With the right introductions, the city opens up. We can arrange breakfast inside Christ the Redeemer before it opens to the public, or take you into the closed-door samba schools of Lapa. You might spend the afternoon with a gallery owner in Jardim Botânico, browsing their private collection, or in an atelier in the leafy hillside neighbourhood of Santa Teresa meeting the artist at work.
Evenings might mean moqueca at a neighbourhood boteco, rooftop cocktails looking over the bay, or a table at one of Brazil’s most inventive restaurants. And minutes from the centre, the Tijuca Forest offers another Rio entirely: waterfalls, chapels and views rolling back across the city and sea.
ELSEWHERE IN BRAZIL
Explore more of our favourite places in Brazil, from the vast Amazon rainforest to the beaches of the Costa Verde.
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