Excursions and inspectionsRio is one of the most beautiful cities in the world and the beauty comes from its natural tropical environment where mountains, forest, beaches, lagoons, vegetation and the South Atlantic blend to form one dramatic back-drop. Copacabana and Ipanema are among the famous beaches of the world.Corcovado Mountain with its statue of Christ the Redeemer, dominates much of the skyline, soaring 710 meters (2300 feet) above the city. Sugar Loaf Mountain, 395 meters high, guards the entrance to the Guanabara bay. There is the Tijuca Forest, the largest urban forest in the world and Rio is no cultural backwater, the city boasts its own highly rated ballet, opera and theatre companies, orchestras and soloists as well as a number of museums and galleries. Soccer is the main spectator sport with crowds of 100,000 or more not unusual for the major games at the Maracana Stadium. The most famous of all the Brazilian carnival celebrations is the one in Rio and it is one of the few legends which lives up to its billing. Carnival is a mixture of street parades, Carnival balls and the parade of the top samba schools. Islands of as far the eye can see, woods in the heart of the town, beaches, seas and sandbanks form the incomparable scenario, superfluously - this also is wrapped by the best climate of this world. But not only the beauty of nature forms this place. Kindness, charm, music and zest for life lie in the air. And the Carioca, the hospitable inhabitant of this vibrating town whom it gives great pleasure to demonstrate her to her visitors, is also that way.  If a town has a soul, she is established here in the culture so. In the freedom-loving Rio all forms of the art are always welcome and are admired and paid attention duly. The infrastructure consisting of numerous theatres, cinemas, museums, markets and thinking meals rounds off the supply lain in the midst of the luxuriant nature completely. Carnival and New Year are the celebrations certainly which express the zest for life Rios best. And it is the beautiful one's turn that one only can celebrate her if everyone goes along with that, natives as well as visitor. Above one highly sees over Rio clearly that God has created his most impressive masterpiece here with a loving hand. Corcovado The Christusstatue surely has one lain in 710 m of height the most admired and-frequented monuments of the world on a mountain peak on the Corcovado. The journey on the Corcovado starts in the district Cosme Velho in a comfortable rack-railway whose way to the statue is surrounded by breathtaking beauty and offers views of the town.Whole Rio de Janeiro spreads Copacabana, Ipanema, Leblon, Jardim Botanico, the jockey club, the lagoon - in his whole splendour at day and at night in front of the eyes of the visitor. The Christusstatue watches over it and blesses the town down from the Corcovado, her inhabitants and her guests. Sugarloaf The sugarloaf belongs, to the two most beautiful ones and bestgelegenen view Squares in Rio by his height to be not disdained and unusual appearance together with the Corcovado. One contacts the famous postcard motive by cableway. Morro is Urca there, first station one changes there to the second train which leads to the ultimate goal. Of the sugarloaf one looks at different beaches in Rio and in Niteroi as well as at the Mata Atlantica, the forest land of the coast, and reconciles historical buildings, like the fortress Santa Cruz and the Ilha Fiscals, the former custom island. Botafogo bay One has exactly one of the most beautiful views of the city of Rio on the beach of Botafogo opposite the bay of same name in the middle of the pavement: the receipt of the bay and the Jachtclub in front of which sailing boats, fish cutters and yachts of any type anchor frame the outlines of the Morro since Urca and the sugarloaf. Scene of many shows and concerts to which thousands often come offers the Botafogo, bay. Copacabana beach It is not easy to resist the appeal of 80 km of beach in Rio. And Copacabana with his beautiful black white mosaic on the pavement of the Av. Atlantica in the famous wave sample contributes most to it. Actually these are two beaches, Leme and Copacabana which are together 4.15 km long. By many kiosks, beach pubs, hotels, bars and restaurants the seafront is in permanent movement both during the day and at night. At every end, in addition, there is a fortress which is opened for visitors. Ipanema Muse turned immortal, one of the most famous meeting places is Ipanema in Rio de Janeiro undoubtedly, perhaps still more irresistibly than this one by the song "Garota de Ipanema". The distinguished district with an intensive nightlife is a happy coincidence of beach, pubs and business. At night, the beach permanently occupied during the day is frequented well, too. You go for a walk, sports driven and one meets friends or this one uses the nightly special illumination to relax and to talk. The soul of the Cariocas lives in Ipanema and the visitor who strolls through Ipanemas streets or on the seafront is immediately put on by it to Her's ends spirit here. Business in Copacabana and Ipanema Copacabana is the district in which the largest crowd concentrates. The street trade is therefore just as popular as the district itself. Of the expensive jewellery up to the fashion jewellery, there is everything in Copacabana. And being here offered to purchase possibilities for loading prices. On the other hand, one finds the most famous brand names, the exclusive shopwindows and that certain charm which continues in the bars, restaurants, Theaten and art galleries of this district in Ipanema. Himself Ipanema also gives the note and his, business scattered over numerous galleries amount to a large shopping centre under a free sky with many attractions and exclusive taste as Rio. Barra da Tijuca beachThe most impressive at on of this biggest beach Rios is his length approx. 18 km. With his strange wave formations Tijuca beach makes one of the mostest popular beaches the crystal-clear green shimmering water for surfers, windsurfer, from the Barra to Bodyboarder and Fisher there. With his many pubs, kiosks and restaurants the Barra attracts more and more visitors. Lagoon of Rodrigo de FreitasImpresses the lagoon Rodrigo de Freitas with the sunset and the re-light of the daylight which is mirrored in her calm and peaceful waters, surrounded by districts and sheltered by Christ.She is connected to the sea through the channel of the Jardim de Allah which goes between Ipanema and Leblon and hold at her shores parks, sports fields, walks and a little gastronomic centre, where an Italian till Japanese cooking ales is representing in kiosks and H music is played as of 21. One can admire the view from little pedalos around the most beautiful lagoon Rios on Sundays and bank holidays. Botanic garden This one houses 141 hectares of the botanic garden every single one one couple of the most important copies of the Brazilian and worldwide flora. The emperor palms, main attraction of the garden, became 1809 of Prince of Wales D. Joao VI grown. Centuries-old trees stand between orchids, Bromelien, Flamboyants and many other tropical foliate plants which make those which are looking for quiet and diversion the botanic garden the favourite spot of nature-lovers, loverses and everyone. Tijucaforest This one with approx. 3200 hectares of greatest city forest of the world has to unite the great advantage, hundreds of ways from fauna and flora which happen only in the Mata Atlantica and of which many are already threatened of dying out, into himself. The Tijuca Forest lies in the heart of the town, removed from the majority of all known districts few minutes. Historical places like Cascatinha, the Mayrink chapel, Excelsior, Barracao, which is grotto Paulo e Virginia, the fairy lake and the mill pond of the solitude wished the vantage point family destinations of the outing at the weekend. Carioca bows, Santa Tereza streettrainThe Arcos means much at the Largo there to Lapa, the main place of the district, which had control of the nightlife Rios and is once when the biggest building set up during the colonial times in Rio arrived in the story since Carioca, the Carioca bows. The arches serve another great attraction Rios as a viaduct today, built as a water pipe originally: Santa Teresa street train whose cars connect the Carioca station with the kind district Santa Teresa. Praca Quinze de Novembro(Place of November 15th )The place of November 15th which was deposited there where small seas, bogs and seawaters still existed before forms a large part of the past of Brazil together with the Paco imperial (emperor palace), the and Arco do telelenses (arches of the telelens) the Travessa do Mercado (market lane). One can say that the story of Rio has started there. And even after the modernization recently arranged for by the town attitude and redesign the place of November 15th keeps his special charm with his pubs, restaurants, markets, museums and intensive man turmoil which only that one which stays there can feel. Flamengo parkWith his 1,200,000 square metres of green space at the seashore the Flamengopark is thanks to one of the most important and most beautiful landscape projects of the artist Roberto Burle Marx. Of the airport Santos Dumont up to the Botafogobucht the park offers various attractions. An interesting leadership starts with con-way of playing in the museum of the modern arts and leads about the Monumento aos Pracinhas (soldier monument), Marina there Gloria (mooring), the museum Carmen Miranda up to the Estacio de Sa monument - the founder of the town. Also the change of shifts of the three arms of the service is absolutely worth a visit to the first Sunday of the month for the soldier monument, respectively to. The roads are closed on Sundays and bank holidays and stand the audience for the leisure design fully at the disposal. Paqueta island Being able to the island of Paqueta where motor vehicles are forbidden despite the tall quantity of inhabitants ride the only bicycles and trap to the many beauties of the Guanabarabucht heard through the beautiful streets on round paving-stones and under Flamboyants so. Paqueta is very interesting for tourists and already has profited from the disposal of the Guanabarabucht greatly -- one can go to take a bath on the beaches of the island again. The island, with 1,096,100 qm Ilha dos Amores also is surface island, (the loving) called and she is anxious by boat of the Praca Quinze to reach. Custom island - Ilha Fiscal Brazil was exclaimed the republic got famous by the fact that the last ball of the empire was held there on November 9th, 1889 - on November 15th, the custom island is located in the waters of the Guanabarabucht besides the Ilha the Cobras (snake island). She contains an area of 5,200 qm visit appointments can be made. Prices
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