Perhaps best known worldwide from the 1960s jazz song "The Girl From Ipanema," which describes a "tall and tan and young and lovely" who who walks "like a samba," the Ipanema neighborhood of Brazil’s ...

On the beaches of Rio de Janeiro, just about anything you need will come to you. The sand has long been an open-air, democratic marketplace. Vendors come down from poor, hillside neighborhoods to sell ...

One of Rio's most popular shores, Copacabana is a public beach located in the heart of the luxurious Zona Sul neighborhood. The beach is marked by postos, or lifeguard stands, that offer changing ...

Beach lovers bring a special kind of energy into our lives. These sand-between-the-toes enthusiasts carry the spirit of the shore wherever they go, brightening our days with their unique outlook.

The general consensus on Rio’s fine food scene is that, relative to other cities of global stature, it punches below weight. But then again, Rio obliterates the field when it comes to sun, sand, ...