I do not want to leave this place,” I scribbled in my journal the night we flew home. I meant it. Rio de Janeiro has that ...

RIO DE JANEIRO - Intricate sand sculptures. Volleyball played with feet. Ice cold coconuts with a straw sticking out. Copacabana, Ipanema and Leme beaches in Rio are as far from Rocky Point in ...

This article was produced by National Geographic Traveller (UK). On any given night in Rio de Janeiro, walk a block inland from Ipanema Beach, along Rua Vinícius de Moraes, and the sound of waves will ...

Stressed colleagues, traffic jams, pollution. We’re all familiar with the undesirable qualities of city life. So thank the gods of urban planning for the occasional sandy edge. There are some cities ...

If you lift your eyes above Ipanema Beach at a particular moment, you might see what Baldemar Fierro saw. The photographer from Laguna Beach captured the twinkling lights and colorful buildings in one ...

BEFORE: Rio de Janeiro's beaches, including Copacabana and Ipanema, are famous. According to The Guardian they evoke: "freedom, youth and long, sun-kissed limbs." In the summer it can be difficult to ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Short, and dark, and young, and tired, the seal on Ipanema was basking … The fur seal on Rio de Janeiro’s iconic beach was turning heads of locals and tourists alike Wednesday ...

Rio de Janeiro – On the sandy beaches of Ipanema and Copacabana in Rio de Janeiro, where tourists come to play and hawkers of sarongs and coconut water set up their stalls, the summer heat of December ...

Just days ahead of the Olympic Games, the waterways of Rio de Janeiro are as filthy as ever, contaminated with raw human sewage teeming with dangerous viruses and bacteria, according to a ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Short, and dark, and ...