We're taking the walking tour right here meets in the square in downtown
We're in downtown Rio de Janeiro
Look at these buildings
It looks very European here. This building is inspired by the opera house in Paris and
this one right here is inspired by the loo because France was the center of the
world at the time so they wanted it to be inspired by the neoclassical you know
We are taking the Free Walking Tour (RIO Free Walking Tour - https://riobyfoot.com/).
We're in the center of the city there's not many
people here this is mostly a commercial center and we're here on the weekend but
they're giving a lot of good information about the history of Brazil and one of
the things that I learned Raziel used to be the first European
capital in Latin America the Portuguese monarchy used to live here and they were
exporting Brazil wood and gold until they could no longer export anymore and
then they raised the taxes so much so that there was a coup of the government
and it became a republic how's the tour so far everything's closed today because
it's Sunday
It's European here. Nooo - McDonald's is here and Burger King. Our guide was saying that
people in Brazil they dress very casual and for work the ladies they will wear
flip-flops because of these roads and then they'll change
into heels when they get to office
this is the Imperial Palace it's inspired by French architecture and this
is where the Portuguese monarchy lived before moving into the museum that
burned down last year this building is meant to look like an oil platform
because it's the oil company this right here is the lapa district where they
have all the parties but it's no longer
sloppy Mira favela
we're on the rooftop of a hostel called Selina in lapa districts
patio your street art here this is where the famous staircases district
this is the line for the famous staircase where they filmed the Snoop
Dogg video and Michael Jackson the Selaron on steps are world-famous
they began in 1990 when Chilean born artist Selaron began renovating
dilapidated steps that ran along the front of his house today
there are over 2,000 tiles collected from over 60 countries around the world
for walking up the stairs
walking up the stairs it's really crowded
it's like a giant party
here on shop
now we were 15 minutes to park a lodge a a beautiful public park at the base of
Corcovado you see the Christ the Redeemer right here we're about to go to
the Botanical Garden area entering the park is magical
it contains walking trails through a subtropical forest with views of the
Christ the Redeemer from up above we are in park we know logic and this is a
forest look at this we're literally in a forest and Rio de
Janeiro has the largest reclaimed urban forest in the world the first national
park to be declared was Yellowstone the second was the one where the Christ
Redeemer statue is inside the pink building we find the School of Visual
Arts Escola de Artes Visuais do Parque Lage which contains a collection of
Brazilian art
it's really beautiful like a palace this mansion is the former residence of
Italian opera singer Gabriella Besanzoni and contains an atrium with a cafe
and stunning views of Corcovado
now we end the day with a sunset view from the beach
we're walking onto Copacabana beach in a sunset so beautiful
welcome to Copacabana beach this is so beautiful
look at all of these from toes back here they have all kinds of shops right here
all kinds of sports at the Hilton Hotel you can sign up for all the ball and
surfing
if you do one thing when you come to Rio be sure to check out the beach
okay another fun fact is we are staying at the Hilton Copacabana beautiful hotel
right there the team for the Chilean soccer is staying at our hotel so with
their ton of fans outside tons of security they're having the copa games
is there are all the fans for the Chilean games
okay the Chilean team is now leaving that's their bus and they are heading
out the fans are going crazy there's tons of fireworks they're getting a
police escort out of the Hilton