Perhaps best known worldwide from the 1960s jazz song "The Girl From Ipanema," which describes a "tall and tan and young and lovely" who who walks "like a samba," the Ipanema neighborhood of Brazil’s ...

U.S. News Insider Tip: At the end of the day, go to Arpoador at the far end of Ipanema near Copacabana to watch the sunset next to the Dois Irmãos (Two Brothers Mountains). Locals clap as the last ...

Posto 9 is the central lifeguard station at Ipanema Beach, serving as a key landmark where the beach's energy peaks in Rio de Janeiro. This spot buzzes with sunbathers lounging on fine white sand, the ...

From bossa nova sunsets to Atlantic swells, Ipanema-Strand in Rio de Janeiro, Brasilien, is more than a beach—it’s a cultural stage that keeps evolving. Ipanema-Strand, Rio de Janeiro travel, Brazil ...

Brazil has always existed as a sort of mythical place in my head. It's a staggering landscape that’s home to the Amazon Rainforest and beaches that Grammy-winning songs have been written about.

“I do not want to leave this place,” I scribbled in my journal the night we flew home. I meant it. Rio de Janeiro has that effect on you. It’s not just the raw natural beauty–though the cinematic ...