Rio de Janeiro is known worldwide for its famous stretches of sand like
Copacabana and Ipanema but where should you lay out your towel on your trip to
Rio we're gonna count down our favorite beaches including some of the most
popular ones and some of the more unexpected ones let's go check it out
our first Beach is one of Rio's most iconic and visited attractions
Copacabana beach a four kilometer stretch of golden sand along a crescent
beach dotted with world-famous hotels
Copacabana is the Beach to see and be seen it's buzzing with energy including
busy kiosks footballers and beachgoers from local Cariocas to tourists alike
be sure to bring a football and your tiniest bikini when you hit up
Copacabana this is the beach that everyone is talking about is Copacabana
safe is it a real place and is the beach clean as you can see from our footage
the beach has pure white sands and crystal-clear waters as for safety this
is considered a city beach and tends to draw hundreds of thousands of people
many of whom are very friendly and fun-loving. We recommend that you do as
the locals do. That means dress casually and bring the
minimum - a football some sunscreen a bathing suit and a little bit of cash for a caipirinha.
There are many vendors on Copacabana selling everything
from t-shirts, bikinis sunscreen, to empanadas
Time to try out this water.
The bikini man has arrived. We head about a quarter mile up the beach to Leme a
more unassuming beach located right underneath the hillside there's a clear
distinction between Copacabana and Leme Beach it's much quieter people are
seeing lounging and the water turns bright turquoise okay so this Beach
right behind me with this rock is called Leme the water very tranquil ferry
turquoise and there seems to be some sweet more
local people here and see a lot of people playing soccer so this Beach
right here is called Leme. Leme look at the water here it's almost
see-through it changes colors just in the short distance we walked from
Copacabana and we're right up against this beautiful rock
now time to head to a beach that was made world-famous in a Samba song can
you guess which beach it is? This is Ipanema going to the Janeiro Hotel
to capture the views of ipanema we head to the top of one of the most beautiful
boutique hotels the Janeiro hotel the hotel overlooks love long to the right
and Ipanema to the left
so beautiful you needed to keep in your mind
we're on the rooftop the 18th floor you can see the beach
back here there's a pool and then look at this if you like these views as much
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hey guys so we made it to Ipanema and this side of the beach is a lot quieter
less trout the key right up against
see the mountain right there ipanema received worldwide recognition when the
Samba song girl from ipanema was written in 1963 along the path you'll notice the
sidewalks of Rio the mosaic stones designed by Roberto Burle a marks in
1973 here is the largest favela in Rio and this is called favela
Rocinha you can actually take tours of it with adventure favela
I got this little spot and we're just getting my chicken bird fix chicken bird
we have chicken breast and look at how much chicken came out overlooking level
on and this is Ipanema right here we're eating up this
My favorite food here is acai.
now that we've seen the more famous beaches of Copacabana and Ipanema it's
time to check out one of the more secluded beaches known as Red Beach
located right underneath panda shoe guard the best way to get to and from
the beaches in Rio is via uber which is cost effective and efficient each ride
only cost us a couple US Dollars and they also have uber pool we over north
to a beach closest to Central called flamingo Beach popular with locals for
picnicking and it also offers one of the best bike and running paths this is an
area where people have picnics a lot of the people come here to go running it's
really beautiful
look at these planes the planes go right here this is for the Municipal Airport
they have these showers this is the other side of the beach and what's
interesting is that they're selling all kinds of cocktails right here not beer
but cocktails Capi vodka and Caipirinha and then check out these vintage
lifeguard towers
flamingo Beach was our favorite Beach for activities in fact we ran the Rio
10k here
as the Sun sets on Rio it's time to talk about safety of going to the beaches
here at Copacabana we noticed that it was well lit especially at night and we
also noticed that it drew a large crowd so plan accordingly during our stay the
Copa games were going on so it drew large crowds but also during different
times of year you might experience Carnival or Pride Week which draws
similar numbers of crowds to these beaches if you're up for the crowds and
action be sure to check out Copacabana but if you want something more relaxing
head over to meet Roy across Guanabara Bay for a more relaxing
nighttime swim
the beaches of nature offered pristine calm waters and some of the most
stunning views of the city what are your favorite beaches of Rio de Janeiro
comment below we hope that this video inspired you to get out there and enjoy
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Imperial heartland of Brazil where we visit a German festival in petrópolis
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