Tag: Walking Tour
By Sarah Brown, Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - This weekend Rio de Janeiro will celebrate 100 years of samba with Batuque da Boa, an event which sees ten rodas de samba (live samba bands) playing the best of...
By Nicole Eberhard, Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - In a city that boasts beaches that are household names around the world and has two hugely iconic landmarks, Christ the Redeemer and Sugarloaf Mountain, Rio’s downtown area has...
By Hakan Almerfors, Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO - Centro is the oldest neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro, dominated by commerce and offices, though not so long ago it was the country's political epicentre. From 1763 until 1960 Rio was...
