Rio de Janeiro

Pros: Honest and highly competent management, great product, secure convenient transaction, expensive but excellent value
Cons: Other than the high price, which IMO yields a strong value regardless of the fact

After visiting Rio de Janeiro for several years, I've started shopping for real estate in the Marvelous City. Like many people who visit Rio de Janeiro and fall in love with the city, I started looking for apartments a couple of years ago and managed to ...

Pros: beautiful city, beautiful people
Cons: there are poor people so be careful of crime.

I decided to go to Rio from Dec 27 to Jan 15. Rio is famous for Carnivale but its also known for New Years where they have fireworks on copacabana beach which I had the opportunity to see. Language - first off my biggest difficulty was the language ...

Pros: Gorgeous Brazilians, nice scenery, great food, Ipanema, Petropolis day side trip.
Cons: Extremely high crime rate, average hotel not up to American standards.

Brazilians are gorgeous, especially the young people (under 35) on the beach. If you like looking at good looking boys and girls in skimpy little bathing suits you will stare, bring sunglasses. The mixture of races and cultures has resulted in a ...

Pros: Prices, views, great apartment rentals (we don't like to stay in hotels) kind people
Cons: 9 hour plane ride in coach - but worth it

What a surprise. We found a spot in Rio which was perfect for families and rented a three bedroom there for only $140 per night. Tons of security. Beautiful views. Playgrounds and kiddie pools as well as an olympic pool for us. They even had a ...

Pros: Weather, beautiful people, many things to do
Cons: The language, all those hard bodies makes me want to work out more

I am now on my fourth trip to Rio within 6 months. Overall I have spent a total of 3 months in Brazil and really have fallen in love with the country, people, and the city. Ok, maybe I am little biased as I also met a wonderful and beautiful ...

Pros: Rio at the New Year!
Cons: Poverty can't be ignored, nor should it be, I guess.

Natural beauty abounds in this city by the sea. Rio de Janeiro is a place where beauty is found not only in its unique niches, but in the friendly people as well. I strongly recommend visiting at New Year's, which is when I made my visit. It's summer ...

Pros: Warm and soft and sensuous...
Cons: Crime, many rough neighborhoods...

People in Rio de Janiero call themselves "cariocas", and the cariocas refer to their city as "la Cidade Maravilhosa" --- the Marvelous City. Anyplace else on Earth, and such a thing would sound like just so much puffery and imagination. Calling Rio ...

Pros: Sheer spectacular setting, gorgeous Cariocas, The Sugarloaf Mountain and vibe of the place
Cons: tricky to exchange "exotic currencies" like pounds, euros, yen..

Words cannot describe my love for the 'Cuidade Marvelosa'. It was a deep unconditional affair with what must be one of the most spectacular cities in the world. And to leave was almost physical in it's painfulness. It slivers around the contours of ...

Pros: Depends on your personality
Cons: See above

Rio de Janeiro has always been one of those places that writers love to write about. Depending on what you read it could be excellent (Fodors, Frommers, etc..) or scary (newspapers, Time, Economist, etc..)

After all the research I did prior to...

Pros: Spectacular, exciting and perfect for budget travellers.
Cons: Is that a knife in your pocket or are you just trying to rob me.

Rio De Janeiro ranks amongst the most exotic cities in the world. It's nature attractions are world famous and its people legendary for their party tendencies. Despite being a budget friendly city it also has appeal for those on a 5 star expense account....

Pros: Wonderful City, Exchange Rate was Superb
Cons: Didnt have any

My wife and I love to travel and a spot we always wanted to go was Rio De Janiero. After reading numerous articles on the dangers, the death squads, the crime and the thieving children we were a little hesitant to go. We are travellers and love to see...

Pros: Really unique city
Cons: Violence

Brazilian people refer to Rio as "Cidade maravilha", which means, wonderful city.

It is thought that when the first Europeans arrived by the sea in the bay of Rio, they were stuck with its sheer beauty, and the name originated from those...

Pros: Beautiful Friendly People - Great Shopping - Delicious Food
Cons: Only had a week to stay - next trip will be much longer.

My partner and I visited Rio in May 2001. Stayed at Rio Internacional Hotel on Ave Atlantica, Copacabana - great place - a little pricey though, next time we will stay at one of the lower priced hotels on/near the beach in Copacabana or Ipanema. The...

Pros: Exotic and cheap with fabulous weather
Cons: For a woman: all those perfectly-formed Brazilian women in skimpy thongs on the beach

I visited Rio de Janeiro in February 2001, just in time for the Rio Carnival.
I traveled alone from London, meeting with friends already traveling around South America. My first disadvantage was the language barrier. The language of Brazil is...

Pros: Sensual and passionate as always, Rio welcomes you with arms wide open.
Cons: Do not act as a tourist.

The greatest cities in the world, don't only carry a name, they also carry a slogan: New York is the Big Apple, Paris is the City of Lights, Rome is the Eternal City, and Rio de Janeiro is the Wonderful City. Yes, Rio...