My better half is gonna be inRio for a few days at the end of the month, any suggestions for places to hang out in/at after work? Cafes, bars, anything?
Rio as in Rio de Janeiro?
Safety tips:
Only use Radio Taxis
Stay in tourist areas where there are an abundance of police or military personnel.
Keep a wallet with about 75 reais in it just in case you get robbed.
Beyond that:
Hit up a churrascaria. I am partial to Fogo de Chao. Assuming of course your friend isn't a dirty vegan. See the sights. Rio is an awesome tourism city. Hit up the art shops. Look into buying stone and wood sculptures. Brazil has an abundance for rare stones and many people make a living making hand made designs. You can get some amazing stuff very cheap there. Also don't be afraid to chat up locals. While there is a bit of a class divide between "rich" brazillians and the lower classes, everyone there is generally very nice and love to chat with foreigners. They frequently try to speak english if they know it, and love to hear you try to speak their language.
I loved living in Brazil. Great food. Great people.
Rio I only visited once. But it is a beautiful city. There is no absence of great stuff to do. Look into doing a few nights at the copa cabana palace. It's not too expensive and is an AMAZING hotel with an ridiculous history right on copa cabana beach.
Safety tips:
Only use Radio Taxis
Stay in tourist areas where there are an abundance of police or military personnel.
Keep a wallet with about 75 reais in it just in case you get robbed.
Beyond that:
Hit up a churrascaria. I am partial to Fogo de Chao. Assuming of course your friend isn't a dirty vegan. See the sights. Rio is an awesome tourism city. Hit up the art shops. Look into buying stone and wood sculptures. Brazil has an abundance for rare stones and many people make a living making hand made designs. You can get some amazing stuff very cheap there. Also don't be afraid to chat up locals. While there is a bit of a class divide between "rich" brazillians and the lower classes, everyone there is generally very nice and love to chat with foreigners. They frequently try to speak english if they know it, and love to hear you try to speak their language.
I loved living in Brazil. Great food. Great people.
Rio I only visited once. But it is a beautiful city. There is no absence of great stuff to do. Look into doing a few nights at the copa cabana palace. It's not too expensive and is an AMAZING hotel with an ridiculous history right on copa cabana beach.
Yeah, get some good rodizio BBQ. There's no Fogo de Chão in Rio, but Porcao is usually considered the best churrascaria.
There's an Irish pub called Shenanigans that is really popular and is usually full of tourists. Not sure if coming to Rio to visit an Irish bar is cool though :P
Rio is a beautiful city (much more from a distance, unfortunately) so yeah, tell her to see the sights. The classic ones are Corcovado, the Sugar Loaf (with the cable car) ride), the Vista Chinesa (the city looks awesome from up there).
If she can (and likes this sort of thing), she could visit the contemporanium art museum in Niterói. I don't care much about the exhibitions there but the architecture of the museum is amazing.
There are also really nice cities around Rio that she could visit, like Arraial do cabo or Buzios for the beaches or colonial cities like Parati or Petropolis
They're about 2-3h from downtown Rio, so she could go to one of these places if she has a weekend to spare here.
Do you know where she's gonna stay? Maybe I can think of something more specific if I know in which neighborhood she's gonna be.
Edit: ttf doesn't like special characters in links...
There's an Irish pub called Shenanigans that is really popular and is usually full of tourists. Not sure if coming to Rio to visit an Irish bar is cool though :P
Rio is a beautiful city (much more from a distance, unfortunately) so yeah, tell her to see the sights. The classic ones are Corcovado, the Sugar Loaf (with the cable car) ride), the Vista Chinesa (the city looks awesome from up there).
If she can (and likes this sort of thing), she could visit the contemporanium art museum in Niterói. I don't care much about the exhibitions there but the architecture of the museum is amazing.
There are also really nice cities around Rio that she could visit, like Arraial do cabo or Buzios for the beaches or colonial cities like Parati or Petropolis
They're about 2-3h from downtown Rio, so she could go to one of these places if she has a weekend to spare here.
Do you know where she's gonna stay? Maybe I can think of something more specific if I know in which neighborhood she's gonna be.
Edit: ttf doesn't like special characters in links...
Special note: she is a vegetarian.
She doesn't know her specific hotel yet, but her boss was excited because it's on the beach, if that helps. I imagine it won't, though. Seems like there'd be a bunch.
She doesn't know her specific hotel yet, but her boss was excited because it's on the beach, if that helps. I imagine it won't, though. Seems like there'd be a bunch.
> Special note: she is a vegetarian.
Damn, Brazil will fix that :p
With luck the hotel will be near the beach *and* the beach will not be polluted...
Damn, Brazil will fix that :p
With luck the hotel will be near the beach *and* the beach will not be polluted...
no worries, they're from houston
Yeah, the beach we all (read: everyone in Houston and surrounding areas) go to has brown water! :D
It's always been brown, though. Something to do with the sand/silt/whatever out there, I think ... but probably because of the ship channel.
It's always been brown, though. Something to do with the sand/silt/whatever out there, I think ... but probably because of the ship channel.
I almost made a smart-ass City of God suggestion.
Hope she has fun, for reals
Hope she has fun, for reals
Seu Jorge. Stars in City of God as one of the gang bosses.
He also stars in the Life Aquatic, as the Brazilian crew member who keeps covering bowie songs.
Great artist. Great actor too.
He also stars in the Life Aquatic, as the Brazilian crew member who keeps covering bowie songs.
Great artist. Great actor too.