Rio de Janeiro
Copacabana Beach
Ipanema and Leblon anchor the zona sul scene — social, safe, and backed by the twin peaks of Morro Dois Irmãos — while Arpoador (between them) draws surfers and a nightly sunset-applause crowd on the rocks.
Appricio · Brazil
What to do in Rio de Janeiro, right now.
Rio is beaches, hills and a rhythm you have to read. Appricio tells you which praia right now, which mirante for the light, and where the city actually drinks — one pick, not a guidebook.
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What Appricio would tell you to do in Rio de Janeiro
Saúde / Porto Maravilha
Pedra do Sal
A cobblestone square in one of Rio's oldest Afro-Brazilian neighbourhoods; on Monday nights it fills with locals for a spontaneous open-air samba roda that has been happening for generations.
Restaurant · Copacabana
Restaurante Cervantes
A late-night sandwich counter open since the 1950s, legendary for its steak-and-pineapple sandwich — the post-samba, post-beach pilgrimage that any serious eater in Rio makes at least once.
Restaurant · Rio de Janeiro
Madame Olympe
Newly minted one-Michelin-star restaurant where chef João Paulo Frankenfeld makes almost everything in-house — charcuterie, cheese, ketchup, soy — and serves it in a tasting-menu-only format that…
Landmark · Centro
Real Gabinete Português de Leitura
A 19th-century Portuguese reading room with a soaring Manueline interior lined floor-to-ceiling with rare books — consistently voted one of the world's most beautiful libraries and almost always uncrowded.
Bar · Laranjeiras
Mercado S. José
A 1942 market hall that reopened in late 2024 after seven years dark, now curated by Junta Local with 15 independent bars and restaurants — the city's most talked-about new food-and-drink hub.
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