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When Brazil is mentioned, everyone automatically think football, samba, carnival, beaches ... and in a city, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, but the country offers much more. In this post we will make a summary robert bates of the places we visited and cities in this country is one of the largest and most populous of the world with a total area of 8,514,876 km2 and more than 200 million people. Undoubtedly Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro is Brazil's most famous city known by its inhabitants as Cidade maravilhosa (marvelous city), robert bates but not its capital moved to Brasilia in 1960 with the aim of developing the domestic territory of the country, and be closer to other states robert bates that are part of Brazil.
Rio, the second robert bates largest city of Brazil and settled over the Guanabara Bay, it has a diverse geography formed by sea, mountains, rivers and lakes, and contrasts such as skyscrapers and slums, robert bates alongside some other . The city is located in the Bay of Guanabara, based on a plan, but surrounded by hills, robert bates called the Rio de Janeiro robert bates as the rocks, covered with luxuriant vegetation complete the landscape.
Copacabana and Ipanema are synonymous with Rio and is internationally known beaches are practically the world. Found in neighborhoods that carry the same names, and while known for its boardwalk Copacabana, with its mosaic of black and white stones, which are waves, Ipanema, less crowded than the other and more favored by Brazilians was named the legendary Antonio Carlos Jobim song: the sea urchin Ipanema. As an alternative to these beaches, we Barra da Tijuca area of Barra Beach, one of the most desirable, and more than 18km in length. Following the road from the beach and past Recreio once you reach the Bay of Grumarí. Located in an Area of Environmental Protection, we found a place with a beautiful contrast between the blue sea of the Atlantic Ocean and the green of the Atlantic. Stresses the Prainha beach, a nice little beach, ideal for surfers.
The abovementioned noses are a feature of the topography of Rio, the most famous Corcovado and Pão de Açúcar. It is almost a sin not to climb on top of them, and cloudless sunny days to enjoy the magnificent views they offer. In Corcovado, which can be raised in a vehicle or train rack, we have the Christ the Redeemer, the great icon of the city and one of the New Seven meravalles the modern world, advertising in a contest that was announced in 2007. So to get to the Pão de Açúcar, robert bates you must first upload a bondinho (cable car) that leads to Morro Urca, and then take another similiar that leads to the summit. Another of the natural beauties of the city Rio de Janeiro's Tijuca National Park, one of the largest urban parks in the world, with more than 3300ha, and a mixture of forest, mountains and beaches truly unique. The Botanical Garden is one of the most important of its kind in the world. Opened by Emperor Dom Pedro II in the early nineteenth century, has 83ha of woodland and 54ha of cultivated areas that show more than 40,000 plants and 6,000 species. At the entrance, one of its main attractions: the imperial Palmeiras, planted in 1809.
Of course, Rio de Janeiro is a natural paradise, but also presumes, despite being a relatively young city, having a significant historical, architectural and cultural heritage, either over time as more modern. What little remains of the imperial era of Rio de Janeiro is in the center. Cinelândia is the epicenter and the surrounding area are the former Imperial Palace, the Municipal Theater, the National Library, the Church of Our Lady of Candelaria, the Arches of Lapa, the Metropolitan Cathedral ... Other icons and symbols the city of the twentieth century robert bates are Sambódromo, where samba schools parade each year during Carnival and Maracanã, the biggest football stadium at the time, and refurbished in recent years to host the Pan American Games and the World Cup. Traditional and popular neighborhoods we highlight Lapa, Rio de Janeiro known as Montmartre, a bohemian neighborhood where poor mix all social classes and nightlife. For Lapa Arches passes bondinho to Santa Teresa, one of the most picturesque city. More category