Marriott Rio de Janeiro

We leave Miami for an overnight trip to Rio de Janeiro, brazil where we stay at the JW Marriott. After a number of tours of the city and the surroundings we fly to Brasilia the capitol city that is 50 years old, and stay at the Naoum Plaza Hotel. Here we ...

... nbsp;But Brazil, wow, it has bold flavors and mixtures.    After lunch we took another flight, to Rio de Janeiro.  Rio is a huge city, with beautiful green hills and tiny islands and rock formations sprinkled everywhere.  But there ...

From Santiago, we continued to Rio de Janeiro via Sao Paulo on a flight operated by LAN Express. Once again, both flights were on time. Upon arrival in Rio, we purchased a taxi ticket at the Transcoopass counter. We had a discount card from our last ...

Etter 11 timers flyvning fra London og regn, var det deilig å lande i Rio med 30 varmegrader, og komme på Marriott Hotel på Copacabana. Første dagen ble brukt på hotellets flotte takterrasse og basseng, med flott utsikt over strand & sjø, ...

... up watching the Superbowl with a set of American twins, Ronnie and Bobby. The only place we could find it on TV was at the Marriott Hotel so we luxed it up for an evening. I was going for the New England Patriots and was glad when they beat the Carolina ...

Our last plane trip until we get to Rio de Janeiro. The plane trip had lots of turbulence but that was okay because in the end we got to our destination. Grabbed a taxi to our hotel The JW Marriott. The price of the taxi was $45 reals so about $25 ...

... my eyeballs in buffet dinners and have gained at least three pounds.  It is 6:15 Saturday evening and we’ve just arrived in Rio de Janiero.  We just boarded the bus on the way to the J.W. Marriott Hotel and had a tour of some of the famous ...

... a blog. Enough housekeeping, onto the interesting stuff. So last we left it, we finished in Miami and were heading to Rio de Janeiro. We spent the first few days in Rio staying at the JW Marriott Hotel on Copacabana beach. Time was mostly spent catching ...

... and looked delicious. Now 11:00am we had to get going to our paragliding class. The class was in Sao Conrado, east of Rio de Janeiro. Hailed a taxi, got in and drove for fifteen minutes until we got to the Sky Centre. We were greeted by our instructors, ...

... the view with the other visitors, I began to feel a fondness for this beautiful city of friendly people - the River of January, Rio de Janeiro. I think I could actually live here - at least for a few months of the year. I make a mental note to look into ...

... , we found a place in our Rough Guide and trudged over to see if they had availability.  Bamboo Rio is about 3 blocks off the beach (the Copacabana Marriott is ON the beach btw) and they didn´t have anything until Wednesday.  So, we booked ...

... great to experience the Brazilians enjoying life!  Contagious! We are currently enjoying our last moments in the Marriott VIP lounge before moving to the Bamboo Rio Hostel! This morning as I was re-packing my bag, I was already wondering what I could ...

... .  We took two cable cars to the summit of Sugarload Mountain.  From here were terrific views of Rio and its beaches. Shelley and Damian and some other travelers parted ways to the aiport after this. In ...

... were also stunning views of the city and Sugar Loaf mountain from up top. Later we toured through Rio and took a walking tour of Belle Epoch and its architectural buildings. Next we visited the ...

... nbsp; Going to the old part of the city in Rio, called the Sahara (like the desert). We saw Carmen Miranda’s house. Rio has 43 cultural centers. “About the Olympic Games. Okay?   I’m going to take advantage of this time to talk ...

... a fantastic view of Rio.  You also see the very famous statute of "Christ the Redeemer," which is the de facto symbol around the world for Rio.  It's a huge statute of Christ with his arms stretched out.  It's representative of the large, ...

... the plane for him to pick up whenever he was able to board a flight without his rage issues getting him kicked off. We arrived in Rio and made our way to the hotel, which is awesome. We hung out on Copacabana beach all day, getting some sun, taking naps, ...

... showered up and had a few free beers at the Marriott lounge. (Best thing about staying at Marriotts - it's free because we used Marriott points. Second best thing - the free breakfast, snacks, and beer/wine in the lounge.) After that we caught a cab to ...