Neighborhoods

Four kilometers of very different city sharing one beach — which is why half the reviews call it magical and half call it seedy. Which end to book, which blocks…

Brazil’s most expensive square meter, the calmest good beach in the city, and four MICHELIN stars inside a fifteen-minute walk — but only one working hotel on the beachfront road.

Rio’s default answer for a first trip — and where the default breaks. Which stretch of sand, which blocks to book, what to skip, and the five Bib Gourmands within…

Ipanema is the answer for most first trips. The honest matchmaking: Copacabana for value, Leblon for quiet money, Botafogo for the food — and the two zones to skip.