Rio de Janeiro travel guide
Money, safety, parties, beaches, getting around, living in Rio and Portuguese. Practical guides written by locals, updated with real prices and dates.
Favelas are neighborhoods with their own history, art and businesses. Here's how to visit with a resident guide, keep your money in the community and never treat people as a spectacle.
How many days you need in Rio and how to split them: Christ the Redeemer, Sugarloaf, beaches, favelas, hikes, samba and day trips to Búzios or Angra, ordered to minimize travel time.