To see the big waves

The cold come to Rio and the big waves come together. With this kind of weather the big attractive in Rio is to see the waves in some places of the beach.

The better waves for the surfers are Sao Conrado, left corner, but whit 3 mts. of waves, even in the Copacabana beach you can see a lot of surfers practicing your sport. Some spots to see are: in the Pier of Leblon, Arpoador beach, Fort of Copacabana, Leme beach, Prainha, Grumari and Macumba.

Happy Valentine's Day

It is not for wanting to be different, but here in Brazil we are. Valentine's Day are celebrated worldwide on February, but here only happens on June 12. And there you have two tips for spending a special day with your love in Rio de Janeiro.

Botanical Gardens - a morning stroll through the gardens is a good way to offer not one flower, but thousands of them. Another option is the "Parque Lage", a parc that you can find on the garden some sculptures and a coffee house, open to the public.

Parque Laje- Visual Art School

Theatre Municipal - with a special program for that day, the theatre offers the Petrobras Orchestra (16h / 4pm), with the soloist Arnaldo Cohen (piano) and with the regency of Isaac Karabtchevsky.

Tips and Tricks of the carioca way of life

The reason why Rio de Janeiro is the reference image of Brazil is because of its history, which started a long time ago, when Rio de Janeiro de Sao Sebastiao was the capital of the country. When the city lost its status of capital to Brasilia in 1964, it stayed the main reference of Brazil in the minds of people all over the world and still been a reference for public administration (BNDES, Petrobrás, etc) and it still is nowadays.


That is why you can find old building mix of the modern one. But in Rio you just can find an one building with the Barroco style, that was other problem, the administration, that thougth that the nice is the new, and revenew after revenew this is the city that you will find today.

So, if Sao Paulo is the city of business and culture, Rio is the city of the cariocas and the beach. Here you can find some products that exist only in the city, like the Mate-Leao (black ice-tea) or the traditional “Biscoito Globo” (biscuit with povilho) which has a funny history.

The CEO of the “biscoitos Globo” was asked to export the biscuit to other cities, but since the biscuit was created in Rio, he said that it should continue to be produced and sold in Rio.

And if you pass to Copacabana will be impossible to not see and stop in a typical fruit restaurant. Where you can find fresh juices and all kinds of sandwiches and salgados