The hottest destination for Holiday Travel if it ever exists, than it is Rio De Janeiro. Place on the earth where hill and heaven exist together, side by side. Regardless what you expect from holiday travel Rio will satisfy it for sure. There many options to reach Rio De Janeiro but the best one is cruising. Cruising companies such as Symphony Cruise offer that options. With cruisers you can fill Rio de Janeiro even before you step on Brazilian soil. If there was a lottery from the Lord while he created the world than wins Rio!
It’s the city of opposites, wealth and poverty in one place side by side. But who cares about, for Rio important are parties. Unusual question to ask, is it safe to have Holiday Travel in Rio de Janeiro? No! Traveling guide agencies recommend being careful on the Rio’s streets, not wearing jewel outside and not walking on the sandy beaches during the night. But who cares? When you walk in Rio none of this will not care. You will not feel like tourists. That is the magic of Rio. Rio de Janeiro with his more than 6 millions habitants and 59 km long beach’s the most visited city in the southern hemisphere. It is presented and offered in almost every traveling guide book.
It is natural to ask, who is Rio and he created? Rio de Janeiro literally means River of January. So that when the Portuguese entered for the first time in the gulf between the volcanic rocks were thinking that it is a river, and give the name rio de janeiro (River of January). It was in January 1562. At that time Salvador was the capital but because of Rio’s good geographical position on the Atlantic ocean Rio takes the primacy as capital since 17630 till 1960. So, Rio and Sao Paolo left top holiday travel destinations in the world.
Summer is most suitable time for holiday travel in Rio and naturally to being mentioned, most known beach in the world Copacabana, it’s 6 km long from one side and above it’s the first cable car in the world of 1912 still connects the volcanic rocks, best known among them Sugarloaf mountain. From the other side Corcovado Mountain with the Christ the Redeemer statue one of the seven wonders. While Christ the Redeemer seems to embrace every one of the travelers who come to, bellow is city in the middle of the jungle, or much better jungle surrounded by the city. Beaches and oceans are everywhere between.
Rio’s visit is not complete without mentioning the carnival. The carnival itself has rich history with the roots even from 18th century. In that time immigrants from Portugal brought festival known as Entrudo, and it was enough to start the legend. Also worth noting when it comes to Rio Carnival history is the emergence of the city’s samba schools. Carnival and samba are one of the biggest tourist attractions. Today’s legend is trinity of Rio, carnival and the samba. None of them can live without each other.
Finally, Rio de Janeiro is the only place in the world where the limits we set ourselves. If you have chances for holiday travel do not miss the opportunity.