nightlife, fun, shopping and food in brazil RIO DE JANEIRO
Nightlife and fun are an inextricable part of Rio de Janeiro… But Rio has many faces, and different degrees of animation. Copacabana is the hottest place, and the queen of the night. But you can consider others places: Ipanema, Barra, etc.
Here are some hints:
Rio
Copacabana
nightlife and fun
As a residential area, Copacabana is formed by a little more than a hundred streets, lodging nearly 300.000 people, but at ordinary weekends people may well triplicate. Copacabana is a permanent tourist attraction. Copacabana is always animated – the beach, the restaurants, the bars, the nightclubs, all the adjacent areas.
Nightlife in Copacabana
Avenida Atlantica (the avenue that surrounds the beach) is an immense conglomerate of living cafes, stores, restaurants and hotels.
At its northern extreme - at the division with Leme beach -, stands the internationally famous Rio de Janeiro red light district. Hundreds of nightclubs and bars, discotheques and clubs are lined up at the beach: to the east (the heterosexual spots) and to the west (the homosexual bars).
Rio
Ipanema
nightlife
Ipanema has been, in the near past, the hippy and intellectual Rio’s center. Less crowded than Copacabana, Ipanema has a charm of itself, and a certain romantic appeal. It offers wide opportunities for fun, and many restaurants, discos and bars.
Rio
Barra da Tijuca nightlife and fun
Barra da Tijuca (or simply Barra) is a few miles from Rio’s centre. It’s the most distant beach zone. Barra is a kind of sleeping beauty, at weekdays, though well awake at night, at Sernambetiva Avenue. If you bet in fun, entertainment and nightlife, try this avenue. You will find an immense web of restaurants and fast food outlets for all tastes, and nightclubs and other fun spots, ranking among the most fashionable and crowded of Rio.
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For more information, see:
Beaches with high cosmopolistism and animation
Maps of Rio de Janeiro
Books about Rio de Janeiro
Carnival in Rio de Janeiro
Hotel information and booking:
Hotels in Rio de Janeiro
Information about air flights and booking:
Flights to Rio de Janeiro
SHOPPING IN BRAZIL RIO DE JANEIRO
The streets surrounding Rio’s beaches, particularly Copacabana, are an immense store. There, you can buy leathers, paintings, artefacts, t-shirts, cotton hammocks and other products with a Brazilian touch or where Brazil is particularly competitive.
For jewellery, try Ipanema stores. They are the best of Rio de Janeiro and Brazil, and have world reputation.
If you want to visit malls, you will find some big ones in Copacabana (Casino Atlântico) or near Copacabana, at Botafofo quarter (Rio-Sul) or in Sao Conrado zone (Sao Conrado Fashion Mall). Barra da Tijuca (at the extreme Rio’s south) has also a gigantesque mall: the Barra Shopping.
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EATING AND FOOD IN BRAZIL RIO
In Rio, you will find French, Portuguese, Italian, Japanese and many other national cuisines, besides the more Brazilian ones, including dishes as the typical feijoada and churrasco (grilled meat), seafood, or the cuisine of the Northeast… There are thousands of restaurants in Rio, mainly near the beaches and in the streets next to them, some designed for intimate meals, others with large communal tables, where everybody behaves as old friends. Not knowing your partners table isn’t relevant. Cariocas love to make acquaintances and new friends, and you will feel yourself rapidly integrated, with the help of some Portuguese words and expressions…
For more information, about Rio de Janeiro:
Books about Rio de Janeiro
Books about Portuguese Language
Beaches with high cosmopolistism and animation
Maps of Rio de Janeiro
Carnival in Rio de Janeiro
Hotels in Rio de Janeiro
Flights to Rio de Janeiro
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