Brazil holidays: Where to go
Visiting the Marvellous city- Rio de Janeiro- Brazil

The wonderful city maintains its enchantment intact from the center to Barra de Tijuca beach, without forgetting the splendor of Copacabana and Ipanema beaches.
Go paradoxical in these times governed by the markets: in order to amuse itself in Rio de Janeiro - the provoking wonderful city of Brazil, the money is not most important. Because next to Guanabara bay a infinity of profiles coexists, but all of them animate an only celebration: the sun celebration (that seems more sun than anywhere of the planet here), the sea, the beach, the mountains smoothly upholstered by green intense and brazilian people, whom only interrupt the sensual walking when avoid bolides in avenues and freeways.

So vast unfolding of rythm and colors causes that never finish discovering this city, that 50 years ago the president of Brazil, Getulio Vargas, defined as “ national resonance box”. A door opened for everybody, that shines of January to January and is able to amiably force the tourist to contain the breath several times.

It is not accidental that in summer is the Sambódromo -Sambadrome-in Río de Janeiro the scene of the greatest celebration of popular culture of the world: the Carnival. A éxtasis moment that all Rio de Janeiro hopes anxiously and prepares with special dedication during eleven months. Still more: the spirit of the carnival marks the time of the people of any social extraction, age and activity.



That powerful phenomenon that it pushes the bodies to express itself of thousand rythmical forms spontaneously presents/displays behind schedule a rainy one of Ipanema, in which the sun took a fleeting breathing. The emblems of Rio jump at sight from muscular of colors the bivouacs that transpiran the musicians: their printed drawings send to the beach, soccer, the Corcovado Mountain and Sugar Loaf (pao de azucar) - the postcard more recognized of the city and the celebrated Garota de Ipanema ("Girl of Ipanema" song). Pillars of the unmistakable local identity.

It is idle to look for musa who inspired that famous song written by Tom Jobim and Vinicius - ("Girl of Ipanema" song)-extended the borders of Brazil. That beautiful woman who is nearly 60 years ,is rarely seen in public. But Don't discourage: in any section of Calcadao (the path of the boulevard, designed with you trim white, blacks and grays by the city planner Burle Marx), marches past others garotas-brazilian girls- that carry irresistible beauty and overflowing affection.

In Posto 9 of Ipanema, where people from non-beach areas joined , a salesman of bikinis draws up their map for tourists: Remember>The tranquillity and good restaurants of Ilha do Governador , the prettiest brazilian women in Ipanema and Copacabana, the caipirinhas of "Downtown Bar" in Barra of Tijuca and Barra beaches located between postos 8 and 9, where usually Edmundo, Renato Gaúcho and Romario play.

Towards the south, passing Leblón and San Conrado, aladeltas taken off of Morro da Gávea seem to defy the intimidante presence of the sophisticated residences and the Rio de Janeiro luxury hotels. Above, a gray cloud covers the house of Chico Buarque- famous brazilian singer-, the illustrious neighbor of the Gávea district. One look crossed is sufficient to understand that Rio de Janeiro first can be conceived as a fascinating adventure and in a moment is transformed into a place which nobody wishes to leave. That unique sensation, almost inexplicable, arises not more than with settling in the top of Foresta de Tijuca hill and enjoying with the suberb siht seeing of the transparent lagoon Jacarepaguá and, on its feet, the Atlantic sea, ampler, bluish and luminous.

Dont forget crowning one excitingRio night in the disco "Help" of Copacabana beach with a visit to the sea at the morning.

Rio de Janeiro: Accept the open invitation and fall in love. The celebration does not have end.