New App Offers Custom Guide for Visiting Rio During Olympics
British journalists, Doug Gray and Luke Norman, created Rio Companion app, a travel guide that curates the best of the...
May 19, 2016Topic
Olympics
Brazilian NBA Players in Rio to Unveil NBA House at Praça Mauá
Brazilian NBA players Nenê Hilário and Raulzinho Neto were on hand at Praça Mauá on Tuesday (May 17th) with NBA...
May 19, 2016
New VLT Light Rail in Rio Opens on Sunday, May 22nd
After several years of construction, road closures and detours in the city’s downtown area, this Sunday, May 22nd, Rio de...
May 17, 2016
Rio 2016 Olympics Unveils Staff and Volunteer Uniforms
In a little over two months, some 500,000 international visitors are expected to descend on the Cidade Maravilhosa for the...
May 16, 2016
Rio de Janeiro Metro Line 4 Extension is Delayed
Rio's Linha 4 (Line 4) extension connecting Ipanema to Barra da Tijuca opening on August 1st, just four days before...
May 14, 2016
Rio 2016 Olympic Torch Relay Enters Week Two of 95-Day Relay
The Olympic torch has been traveling across Brazil, bound to pass through three hundred towns and be carried by over...
May 12, 2016Rio’s Santa Marta Favela Opens Tourist Information Desk
A new tourist information post was opened in the community to help orientate visitors and reinforce that Santa Marta as...
May 11, 2016Cultural Program for Rio 2016 Olympics Celebrates Diversity
The Olympic Cultural Program, an initiative planned by the Ministry of Culture, is launched in the Rio de Janeiro and...
May 9, 2016
Vasco Wins 2016 Campeonato Carioca in 1×1 Draw with Botafogo
On Saturday, May 8th, in the second of two final matches in the 2016 Campeonato Carioca championship, Vasco tied with...
May 9, 2016