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CULTURAL RIO Established in 1983, Cultural Rio was the first (and it is still the unique) guided visits service to highlight Rio’s cultural heritage. Those visits, organized and conducted by their creator, Art Historian (Lawyer and ex-Federal Judge) Carlos Roquette, a native of Rio, are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week, private to busload, in several languages, walking or with arrangements for transport. Give us your own theme or choose, below, one of ours, in more than 200 (two hundred!) subjects related. Progressive discounts. Under request, we will cater for your needs. A DAY ON THE BEACH A NIGHT AT THE OPERA HOUSE ALTERNATIVE LIFESTYLES AMAZING RIO AMERICAN RIO (or any other nationality) AMUSEMENT PARKS ANTIQUES ARCHITECTURE AROUND BRAZIL WITHOUT LEAVING RIO AROUND THE WORLD WITHOUT LEAVING RIO AROUND YOUR HOTEL ART ART DECO RIO ART GALLERIES ART HISTORY ART NOUVEAU RIO AUCTIONS A .Y .O . R. RIO (at your own risk) BALLET BALLS BARBECUE (all – you – can – eat, by weight, a la carte...) IN RIO BARBER SHOPS OF OLD RIO BARGAIN SHOPPING BAROQUE RIO BATIDA (top national drink) IN RIO BEACHES ( hideaway ones) BEYOND COPACABANA AND IPANEMA ( in a city with more than 150 bairros, why stay stucked in only two of them?) BIZARRE RIO BLACK RIO BOOK SIGNING NIGHTS ( meet the local "book worms") BOOKS BOSSA NOVA BOTANICAL GARDEN BRAZILIAN POPULAR MUSIC BRUNCH BUILDING BY BUILDING RIO BURLE MARX (top brazilian landscape designer) RIO CACHAÇA (top national alcoholic beverage) IN RIO CAIPIRINHA (lemon made batida) IN RIO CANDLELIGHT DINING CARNIVAL EXTRAVAGANZA CEMETERIES ( bygone local vips plus the best of outdoors sculpture) CHILDREN’S RIO CHURCHES (catholics or not) CLASSIC REVIVAL RIO CODFISH IN RIO COFFEE FARMS COINS COLLECTIONS IN PRIVATE HANDS COLLECTIONS IN PUBLIC HANDS COLLECTOR’S ITEMS COLONIAL RIO COMMERCE CONTESTS CONTEMPORARY RIO CORCOVADO WITH COSME VELHO (its neighborhood) CULTURAL CENTERS CURIOSITIES DANCE DESIGN DIET RIO DOWNTOWN RIO ( its oldest area) EATING OUT ( In Historical Surroundings, Stargazing, To Meet the Locals, To See and Be Seen, With a View...) ECLECTIC RIO ECOLOGY ENCLAVES ( places that stopped in time) ENTERTAINMENT IN RIO ESOTERIC RIO ESSENTIAL RIO ETHNIC RIO ( Argentine, English, French, Japonese, Jewish, Portuguese, Spanish...) EVENTS (Occasional, Periodic or Permanent Ones; what’s going on during your stay) EXHIBITIONS OPENINGS (meet the local art crowd) FACTORIES ( wholesale prices) FAIRS AND TRADE SHOWS FASHION (Shops, Shows, Markets...) FAVELA (shanty town) FEIJOADA ( top national dish) IN RIO FESTIVALS FETISH RIO FISCAL ISLAND FLEA MARKETS FOOD FORTRESSES FOUNTAINS FOUR (Three, Two...) CENTURIES OF RIO FURNITURE (shopping or not) GAFIEIRA (brazilian old style dancing) GALA NIGHTS GAMES (choose yours) GASTRONOMY GAY RIO GEOGRAPHY GUANABARA BAY HANDICRAFT HISTORY HOLIDAYS (New Year’s Eve, Carnival, Easter, Labor Day, Independence, Christmas, Kosher...) HOTELS ICE CREAM IN RIO IMPERIAL RIO INCH BY INCH RIO ( informations given with lots of detail) JEWELRY (where to buy) KITSCH RIO L. S. D. RIO (lonesome, single or divorced) LANDMARKS PROTECTION LEATHER (to buy) LESBIAN RIO LINENS AND SILKS LITERATURE LOVE AND ROMANCE MACHADO DE ASSIS (top brazilian writer) RIO MACUMBA (brazilian voodoo) MANOR HOUSES MARACANÃ STADIUM MARKETS (Fish, Fruits, Vegetables...) MISCELLANY (a bit of everything) MODERN RIO MOVIE PALACES MR. G. RIO (how to get yourself a wife) MS. G. RIO (how to get yourself a husband) MURALS MUSEUMS NEIGHBORHOODS NEWCOMERS (new in town? We can help you through) NIGHTCLUBBING (Charm, Disco, Funk, Garage, Hip Hop, Rock, Salsa, Samba, Techno...) NIGHTLIFE NIGHTMARES OF A BRAZILIAN PSYCHIATRIC PATIENT IN NEW YORK NOVELTIES ODD RIO "OFF BRAZIL" (OVERSEAS: Buenos Aires, Europe, New York...) "OFF RIO" (OUTSIDE RIO: Niterói, Parati, Petrópolis...) "OFF STATE" (OTHER STATES: Belo Horizonte, Brasília, Historic Cities of Minas Gerais State, Northeastern Capitals, São Paulo Capital...) OFF THE BEATEN TRACK OFFICIAL CEREMONIES OLD RIO OLD TOYS RIO ONLY ONE (Two, Three, Four...) DAYS (s) IN RIO ONLY TODAY (do or die) OPERA OPENINGS OSCAR NIEMEYER (top brazilian architect) RIO PAINTING PALACES PANAMA HATS PAQUETÁ ISLAND PARKS AND GARDENS PEOPLE WATCHING PEOPLE TALKING PEOPLE TOUCHING PHOTOGRAPHY POSTCARD RIO PRIVATE CLUBS PRIVATE PARTIES RAIN IN RIO (things to do when it rains) RARE BOOKS STORES RELIGIOUS CEREMONIES REPAIR SHOPS REPUBLICAN RIO RESTAURANTS RIO BY BUS (Car, Helicopter, Plane, Subway...) ROCOCO RIO SALES SAMBA SANTA TERESA
NEIGHBORHOOD (the street car one) SCENIC VIEWS SEAFOOD IN RIO SECRETS OF OLD RIO SENIOR CITIZENS RIO SEX AND THE CITY SCULPTURE SHOPPING SHOPPING CENTERS SHOWS SOCIALIZING WITH THE LOCALS SOCIETY (Upper Class People, How to Find Them; Middle Class People, How to Stand Them; Lower Class People, How to Avoid Them) SOUNDS OF BRAZIL SOUVENIRS SPORTS (just name it) STAMPS STARGAZING STREET BY STREET RIO SUBURBIA SUGAR LOAF WITH URCA (its neighborhood) SUPERMARKETS SURPRISE RIO T-SHIRTS TAYLOR MADE SHIRTS TEEN RIO THE AUTHOR’S CHOICE THE BEST OF RIO THEATER TIJUCA FOREST TREES OF IMPORTANCE TROPICAL ISLANDS 24 HOURS RIO (the city that never sleeps) UNEXPECTED PERSPECTIVES (photographers special) UNSEEN RIO UNUSUAL RIO URBANISM WEIRD ART EXHIBITIONS WINDOW SHOPPING ZOO ... TIPS ARE WELCOME !
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