Corcovado - Hunchbacked Mountain

At the top of Corcovado is the famous statue of Cristo Redendor - Christ the Redeemer. The granite Art Deco statue is 30 meters high (the one in Peru, in Lima - 37m, including 15m pedestal, in Poland, in Swiebodzin - 36 m, including 3 m crown) and dominates the entire city overlooking it and the Sug...

Santa Teresa Hill

Remember the Lapa viaduct which was built in 1800s? In those times it used to supply Rio in the water. Now it is used as a viaduct for a scenic tram called Bondinho. Actually it was used because it is being under renovation for a long time. The tram was to connect the city centre with the charming n...

Copacabana

Copacabana is a great shopping and residential district known primarily from millions of postcards. Legends circulate about what's going on there during those big outdoor events. Imagine them during the Olympics, the World Football Championship, or during stage performances of big pop stars. Three ...

On the beach

Local beauties and fabulous looking young men begin their day at the beach around noon and stay on it till sunset which they all welcome standing and applauding. Or do they thank the sun for another beautiful day? Both they and the tourists rather quickly gain the mood for drinks and snacks: caipir...

To the beach!

Rio is proud of its beaches and the districts adjacent to them, which in turn are competing with each other for the palm. Copacabana is the largest and certainly the most famous of them, but it is Ipanema (in Indian "the dangerous depths") which is the determinant of the standard of living of cario...

In the City Centre

Since today there is no sunshine, we're going to the City Center. The Rio underground system is in a constant expansion, so the journey on foot, by bus and by metro takes over an hour. Cariocas have a strong need for a commitment to modernity, so in a frenzy expansion of the city, they demolished ...

Lapa

Before lying on one of the beaches (about them later on), we are visiting the popular districts of Rio. Lapa is one of them. There are no beaches, nor beautiful lady models clad in skimpy bikinis, nor those comely young men flexing their freshly tortured muscles at the gym. This is about something ...

First steps in Ipanema

Twelve hours of a tiring flight was compensated with the rest in a rented apartment in snobish Ipanema. The view from the window of Mount Brothers and the entire district announces new impressions. The weather admittedly wasn't very encouraging, but we need to see what's happening on the beach whe...