Travel quotes

Like all great travellers, I have seen more than I remember, and remember more than I have seen. Benjamin Disraeli

In America there are two classes of travel - first class, and with children. Robert Benchley

Travelers never think that they are the foreigners. Mason Cooley

The traveler was active; he went strenuously in search of people, of adventure, of experience. The tourist is passive; he expects interesting things to happen to him. He goes "sight-seeing." Daniel J. Boorstin

There are only two emotions in a plane: boredom and terror. Orson Welles

Rio de Janeiro

When to go to Rio de Janeiro ( Brazil ) ?

Month	Sunlight (h/d)	Average T min (°C)	Average T max (°C)	Record T min (°C)	Record T max (°C)	Precipitations (mm)	Wet days	Rating
january	7	24	30	16	38	124	13
february	7	24	30	17	38	121	11
march	7	23	29	18	35	129	12
april	6	22	28	16	35	106	10
may	6	20	26	13	34	78	10
june	6	19	25	11	33	52	7
july	6	18	25	11	32	40	7
august	7	19	25	12	35	42	7
september	5	19	25	10	37	65	11
october	5	20	26	14	40	78	13
november	6	21	27	15	37	103	13
december	6	23	29	13	40	136	14

How to read the charts

For example: In january, you will get 7 hours of average sunlight in Rio de Janeiro and the overall temperature will vary between 13 and 40 (Celcius) in this area of Brazil. Usually you shouldn't see more than 13 rainy days wich is representative of this part of America.

What to do in Rio de Janeiro : Tips, places, hotels and restaurants

Megalopolis Brazil, Rio de Janeiro is also the second largest city and has over six million intramural more than eleven if one takes into account the entire metropolitan area.

Very popular a tourist point of view, the city is world famous for its carnival and for some sites as the beaches of Copacabana or Ipanema, Sugarloaf Mountain and its magnificent panorama, or Christ the Redeemer statue which overlooks the Corcovado. She underwent a typical tropical climate.

There are three international airports, including one international, it also has two subway lines, but the ferryboat is also a means of transport widely used by residents.

You can visit several sites in addition to those already mentioned: the Guanabara Bay with two forts that surround the entrance, the mountain of Pedra da Gavea overlooking the beaches below and where you can rush a paraglider Santa Teresa neighborhood with its maze of cobbled streets, spectacular and gigantic forest of Tijuca in the middle of the city with its many species of plants and historic sites, or the Botanical Gardens.

You can also visit the many museums the city has, such as the National Historical Museum and Library or the Museum of Fine Arts with works of Italian painters, Flemish, Spanish or English. Some attractions worth visiting: the church of Nossa Senhora da Gloria, Sao Bento Monastery, the Cathedral Sao Sebastiao, in part.

You can find hotels in all price ranges, and you will not miss to taste the local specialties like feijoada cozido or in the many restaurants in town.