This year, to create our annual ranking of the world’s coolest streets, we asked our global network of local editors and ...

In the gorgeous Philippe Starck–designed hotel, the rooftop pool and bar have some of the best views in Ipanema. For guests biding their time before their flight home, the front desk will provide a ...

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 ...

If you have been to Rio de Janeiro’ beaches in Brazil, this probably sounds familiar: samba music drifting from a nearby kiosk, caipirinha cocktails sold by hawkers, chairs sprawled across the sand.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — If you have been to Rio de Janeiro’ beaches, this probably sounds familiar: samba music drifting from a nearby kiosk, caipirinha cocktails sold by hawkers, chairs sprawled across ...

A new decree will outlaw certain food and drink sales, speakers and chair rentals from June 1 – but not everybody is happy about the changes Sunbathers stretched out on plastic chairs, caipirinha ...