Sofitel Rio de Janeiro

... the entire city.   Our experiences have not exactly reflected the typical images that are conjured up when you think of Rio de Janeiro. We are yet to rollerblade along copacabana beach, drink cocktails and be confronted with bronzed naked body parts. ...

... into Rio was very quiet as it was Sunday and we finally rolled into Copacabana at around 2-30pm. The finishing line was outside the Sofitel hotel on the Ipanema end of the beach. Despite all the hot air about hire cars not crossing the finishing line, it ...

... at the beach. No more malls! At night, Mariana's mom took us to a New Year's party at the Horse's Neck bar in the Sofitel Hotel in Copacabana. We had a few drinks and listened to Brazilian disco in the bar then went out to the beach for the ladies to ...

... and temperatures in the mid-teens Fahrenheit. Then...well in the end a night at Miami Airport wasn't that bad! Our flight to Rio was delayed ten hours by the notorious "technical problem"! The crew seemed to resent it as much as the passengers - the ...

... was nice to see everyone. I got a lot more presents than I was expecting. For dinner, we ate at the restaurant at the Sofitel Hotel in Copacabana. They had a great view of all of Copacabana Beach plus Pao da Acucar. It was nice except for all of ...

... one at Notre Dame. After JC, we explored the "Centro" area a bit before heading to dinner. We had popped into the Sofitel earlier, where the concierge helped arrange dinner for us at Porçao, a Brazilian BBQ restaurant. I reckon that when you are in ...