Guanabara

... not being one of those people to stand still in one spot for too long, through Tia our private tour guide of yesterday’s, a Guanabara Bay boat Tour was booked for the morning. Hurrah!! We were picked up at the front of our hotel by the ...

... marvellous city, it is one of the worlds most stunning cities.  With its sweeping golden beaches, the stunning bay of Guanabara, the backdrop of lush rainforest and the scattering of steep rock formations around the city, the most famous being Sugar ...

... le maillot Rouge et Noir, et chez les marchands de journaux, les posters célèbrent Flamengo "Bi-campeao Taça Guanabara". Au centre d'informations touristiques, on nous renseigne enfin : le prochain match au Maracana, c'est mercredi soir, Flamengo ...

... modern buildings in Brazil: Museum of Comtemporary Art (Museu do Arte Cotemporanea) in the town of Niteroi, across the Guanabara Bay from Rio For more pictures, please take a look at my personal website: ...

... moi je vais trimballer mes volutes vers d'autre paysages et vers d'autres contemplations. Au revoir jolie baie enchanteresse de Guanabara !      Bôcomuinage dédie ses aventures à tous les petits enfants et grands enfants qui ...

... pursue pleasure like no other people. Rio sits on the southern land lock harbor within the magnificent natural setting of Guanabara Bay. Extending for 20kms along an alluvial strip, between azure sea and jungle clad mountains, the city's streets and ...

... reals) to the other side of the mountain to Rio's two most famous beaches: Ipanema and Copacabana. Unlike Flamengo, which is facing Guanabara Bay (Baia de Guanabara), both Ipaneman and Copacabana are outside the Bay and facing the Atlantic Ocean ...

... da Serra dos Orgaos towards Teresopolis. This is one of the most famous treks you can do in Brazil with stunning views of the Guanabara bay where Río is located. So instead of staying around for another day I decided to head off to Teresopolis and see if ...

... around the cafe tables and benches of Sugarloaf's sun-soaked summit, while I peered at a stone statue called Rio (Mythological Guanabara) that uses the contour of the beach line along Rio to evoke a figurine with full feminine curves.  Christovoa ...

... the world (that we've seen yet)!! We then went for a beachside walk along the foot of the Sugar Loaf, enjoying views over Guanabara bay. Lots of little monkeys playing around on the trees as well - very cute, and stunning to see monkeys for the first ...

Nigth before last got our very posh Guanabara bus (v wide seats, legroom and virtually horizontal) down to Recife. Managed to sleep ok and arrived this morning in Recife. Got the Metro from the bus station into Recife and then a bus straight out to the ...

... point about Rio De Janeiro (translates to River January) is there is no river. The Portuguese discoverer on arrival saw the Guanabara bay area and thought it was a river estuary and named it accordingly. The setting for this city is pretty ...

... at the same meeting place, Campos Siqueira Metro Station. We walked up to the port from Carioca Station and took the ferry across Guanabara Bay to Niteroi. There we went to see the flying saucer shaped museum. The beach water is green. I remeber one ...

... early with the bus leaving at 6am and not returning until 9pm. We drove across the long bridge to Niteroi on the other side of Guanabara Bay to Rio and arrived in Cabo Frio a couple of hours later. We spent an hour on a beach called Praia do Anjos, ...