typical meals

The cuisine of Rio de Janeiro is full of intense flavors, spices and variety due to the fusion of indigenous food with dishes from the Portuguese colonizers and foods brought African slaves centuries ago.

Among the dishes from the kitchen carioca, the first thing to mention is the * Feijoada *, a food that is considered a national dish is a stew made of black beans, cooked with pork, seasoned with pepper, shell orange and served with rice, is a deeply rooted consume on Wednesday or Saturday. A dish that is very traditional and representative of the region is the churrasco, which grew out of the tradition of the Gauchos to roast a piece of meat quickly in a hole dug in the ground, giving rise to the mode of preparation of steak . Currently is prepared with ten types of meat, including chicken, pork, wild boar and even alligator, and accompanied by a salad, beans (often prepared with cassava flour and dried meat) and rice, among other modalities. Another dish that is typically carioca is soup * Leão Veloso *, a delight that is a broth with shrimp and fish heads, which in turn are cooked meaty fish, shellfish, lobster with oil and onion, accompanied by tomato and saffron.

Offers

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Hotels

Welcome to HotelGuide area of Rio de Janeiro, by the Metropolitan Guide.

Rio de Janeiro is one of the most popular tourist destinations in the Southern Hemisphere, famous for its beautiful beaches and scenic landscapes. Visitors can also enjoy the historic center of the city of Rio, and its many museums. There are activities that do not need to stop, such as going to the Ipanema beach, visit the Statue of Christ on Mount Corcovado, and sightseeing of the city from the Sugar Loaf. Rio's nightlife extends throughout the year, culminating in his main event, the Carnival.

For your convenience, we have organized our listings of local accommodations into several geographic areas and alphabetically. You can begin browsing for hotels in the area of Rio de Janeiro by selecting one of the options below


Florida Hotel
Rua Ferreira Viana · Rio De Janeiro
225 Rooms


Martinique Hotel
Rua Sa Ferreira 30 · Rio de Janeiro
21 5214552 · 60 Rooms


Mirasol Copacabana
Rua Rodolfo Dantas, 86 · Rio De Janeiro
5521 21239292 · 94 Rooms

                                               

Sports

In Rio de Janeiro, and throughout the country, with more popular sport is football. There are four major football teams in the city: Flamengo, Vasco da Gama, Fluminense and Botafogo. Other sports that stand out as having important equipment located in Rio de Janeiro are judo, basketball, swimming and volleyball. As in all of Brazil, Rio de Janeiro sports fans have more collective than individual.

Rio de Janeiro hosted the 2007 Pan American Games.

[edit] Head World Cup 2014

See also: World Cup 2014.

Rio de Janeiro is one of the 12 venues of the 2014 World Cup. The final will be played at the Estádio Mário Filho Jornalista, better known as Maracanã, 103 that after the renovations will accommodate almost 80,000 personas.

The International Broadcast Centre for the 2014 World Cup will be located in Rio de Janeiro, at the headquarters of Riocentro. The preliminary draw was held at the Marina da Glória, near the center of Rio, on 30 July 2011.

Home of the 2016 Olympic Games

See also: Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro 2016.

The city of Rio de Janeiro was appointed on October 2, 2009, at 18:50 EST, during the course of the 121st session of the IOC Executive Board held in Copenhagen (Denmark), to host Olympics 2016. In the first round was eliminated Chicago in Tokyo and in the second round of the election last beat Madrid by 66-32 votos.106

Rio de Janeiro and tried to organize the Olympic Games in 2004 and 2012, but ultimately the venues chosen were Athens and London respectively.

With this designation to organize the 2016 Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro became the first South American city to get this event, as other cities tried unsuccessfully in the past to host before, like Buenos Aires and São Paulo.

The candidacy of Rio de Janeiro proposed holding almost all sporting events within the urban area, concentrating on areas of Maracana, Barra da Tijuca, Copacabana and Deodoro. The only exception will be the football events will be distributed in São Paulo, Salvador, Belo Horizonte and Brasilia. All these cities are also venues for the World Cup 2014.

the climate

climate
The climate is tropical Atlantic, with warm summers and mild winter. High temperatures can rise to over 35 degrees and occasionally exceed 40 degrees in inland areas of the city. In the main tourist areas the temperature is moderated by the cool breeze from the ocean. The hottest months are December and January. The maximum temperature recorded was 43.8 degrees in January 1984. The coldest months are June and July, usually average 18-27 ° C. The lowest temperature recorded was 4.8 degrees in July 1928. Rainfall is fairly divided between summer and winter, but is slightly higher during the first half of the year, when southerly winds dominate.

[ocultar]  Parámetros climáticos promedio de Río de Janeiro
Mes	Ene	Feb	Mar	Abr	May	Jun	Jul	Ago	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dic	Anual
Temperatura diaria máxima (°C)	29.4	30.2	29.4	27.8	26.4	25.2	25.3	25.5	25.0	26.0	27.4	28.6	27.2
Temperatura diaria mínima (°C)	23.3	23.5	23.3	21.9	20.4	18.7	18.4	18.9	19.2	20.2	21.4	22.4	20.9
Precipitación total (mm)	114	105	137	103	85	80	56	50	87	88	95	169	1169
Días de precipitaciones (≥ 1 mm)	12	9	10	9	8	6	6	6	9	10	11	13	109
Horas de sol	13.2	12.5	12.2	11.1	11.0	10.4	10.5	11.2	11.5	12.3	13.1	13.2	142.2
Fuente: worldweather.org y The Weather Channel febrero de 2012

Carnival in Rio de Janeiro

While the religious calendar indicates that the carnival period begins on January 6, the Brazilian carnival held annually forty days before Easter. Usually the celebration nearest secular holiday that religious event, held in February or even marzo.
The Carnival of Rio de Janeiro is one of the most famous in the world, visited by tourists from all latitudes.
Every year in the Sambadrome parade of samba schools representing neighborhoods and cities Cariocas Fluminense State, which must meet strict regulation. The jury awarded marks for every aspect displayed in the parade and the samba school that meets the highest score is crowned campeona.
Until 2005, the samba school that had added more points in the Sambadrome was Beija-Flor de Nilópolis, followed by Imperatriz Leopoldinense, Mocidade Independente de Padre Miguel and Mangueira.
While most famous carnival in Rio is the Panel's parade takes place in the Sambadrome (organized since 1984 by the Independent League of Samba Schools of Rio de Janeiro, LIESA96), across the city's celebrations with bands and blocos street, dances, private events, the parade of the samba schools of Access Group (who aspire to ascend to the Panel) and the parade of champions and tests samba schools that you can visit all the año.
Reservations are required well in advance, as the hotel occupancy usually exceed 95% at time of carnaval.
is common for hotels raise prices these days, as in New Year

Tourism in Rio de Janeiro

Rio de Janeiro attracts many national and international tourists who come to the city for its beaches, its varied cultural and nightlife. However, half of the passengers recorded in the hotels of Rio visit the city for work, while 29% are traveling for pleasure, 12% attends conventions and / or conferences, and 4% is a member of crews air. The remaining 5% belongs to the category "other" .99
According to the Ministry of Labour and Employment, the city of Rio de Janeiro had in 2004 with 441 hotel establishments, most of them located in the Southern Zone, mainly in Copacabana and Ipanema.

Primary tourist destination in the Southern Hemisphere
Central Zone.
Rio de Janeiro is the main tourist destination in the Southern Hemisphere, according to survey released on January 20, 2010 by the consulting firm Euromonitor International. The study was conducted in 2008 shows that the city received 2.82 million tourists internacionales.

Visiting Rio de Janeiro, Brasi percentage of total

1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003
37,40%	30,20%	32,50%	34,10%	28,80%	38,58%	36,90%

Most tourism to Rio de Janeiro Brazil from the same (65%), while 35% comes from other countries. International tourists, 38% are from Europe, South America contributes 24%, the same percentage that shows North America, while the remaining 14% up from Asia, Africa, Central America and Oceania

Its location

The city occupies the western side of the Bay of Guanabara, which covers the area between Copacabana and Itaipu, and some of its islands, as Governor and Paquetá. It sits on a plain surrounded by mountains and hills. The Sierra del Mar in the Atlantic edge of the plateau, is located northwest of the city, about 40 km from the coast. The city covers an area of ​​1182.3 km ², giving it a population density of 4,781 inhabitants / km ².
Rio de Janeiro is based on three large stones: Piedra Blanca, Gericinó Stone and Stone of Tijuca, which are covered by a beautiful vegetation Atlantic. The main hills are Tijuca National Park (1,022 m), Bico do Papagaio (975 m), Andaraí (900 m), the Gávea Pedra (842 m), Corcovado (704 m), Dois Irmãos (533 m) and Sugar Loaf (395 m), located at the entrance of the bay.

Rio de Janeiro

Rio de Janeiro, known as the "marvelous city" is capital of the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. One of the most important tourist attractions of Brazil. It is a large city of over 10 million inhabitants, located in the Bay of Guanabara, a place of great beauty, with huge


Rio de Janeiro is one of those places you have to visit sometime to know some of the most used images of television and advertising, as the beaches of Ipanema and Copacabana, Sugar Loaf, Christ the Redeemer standing on Corcovado Mountain , etc.

There are times when Rio de Janeiro requested becomes even more interesting, at parties and Eve (Reveillon) or the whole carnival. They are busy special moments, where you can enjoy great fun festivities