Visit Rio de Janeiro

Nice city. Has some nice location to chill out and take some photos. Nice weather, especially when the sun goes down. A lot of criminality. Everybody can tell you that they have been robbed, and us ourselves we got robbed too

DIMITRIOS Greece

The people we did interact with were very friendly but I've been told only about 2% of Brazilians speak English which seems out of character for a tourist destination. It did seem true, however, and I used iTranslate/Google translate to get by. Rio was the final port on a cruise so we did run into people we knew as we went around. My brother had been to a wedding here a year before so we also asked his opinion, he thought 2 days would be fine. Maybe another day though I was ready to go home by the time I left. I noticed on the tour aggregators (Expedia/Viator) there isn't much for English speakers beyond Christ Redeemer, SugarLoaf, hang gliding and favela tours. No general city overview tours, for example. We had been to beaches along the coast so didn't need that but I was told Ipanema Beach was better than Copa, the nightlife was more geared to tourists and a cleaner beach. I stayed in Santa Teresa but couldn't really get into the vibe not speaking the language. I found amazing things to do - loved MAR (museum) of Rio and the church at the monastery of Sao Bento. My sister and I did do a private city tour which included going to Christ Redeemer and anything else we wanted to do. We were picked up at the pier and dropped at our hotel. We had a driver and guide so luggage was safe and communication was simple. I didn't bring enough outlet adaptors for the many types of electrical sockets Brazil seems to have, fyi.

Maureen United States

Rio de Janeiro is a wonderful city to visit . Sugar Loaf mountain cable car gives incredible views of the city and Christ the Redeemer was wonderful and there are many other places to visit close by. The national park was a morning trip that is highly recommended. We ate in local resturants both on the beach and one block back from the beach so many to choose from and all within easy walking distance. Prices reasonable - meal for 2 including wine varied between £25 -£40

Marion United Kingdom

Great area. Walking distance to the beach. The employees were excellent. I just felt bad that they have to tell clients that the pool closes at 17:00. Too early as after getting back to the hotel after 17:00 I could not use the pool. Which has an amazing view.

Es66 Canada

10 days in this town is enough to visit all the interesting places and of course the Beaches of Copacabana and Ipanema .For me the best was the beach outside the town taking Metro to last station Jardim Botanico .The sand more white the water more clean not so much crowded and the prices much lower.Visiting the interestig places in the city quite easy I strogly recomend to go to Placa XV and use ferry boat to go to Paqueta island also to cross the Guanabara bay to Niteroi and find bar Imperio do Sabor with the best caipirinha and sardines served there.

Janusz Poland

Rio de Janeiro is a beautiful city, full of life , plenty of nice restaurants an beaches. Is easy to move around as there are taxis services everywhere. Most of people in Rio are friendly and ready to help. Still a bit dangerous, so be careful with your belongings as mobile phones, jewellery etc... depending on the place like shopping centres there are lot of security, but not everywhere. For the rest is an amazing place to spend your holidays ;-)

Katia Netherlands