Renting an Apartment in Colombia
How to rent an apartment in Colombia as a foreigner: where to search, deposits, the guarantee (fiador or seguro) hurdle,...
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Botafogo, Still Rio de Janeiro’s Glorious Neighborhood
Botafogo was always a prestigious neighborhood and nowadays it offers contemporary and traditional Carioca lifestyle on every corner.
May 12, 2016
Humaitá: One of Rio’s Most Under-Discovered Neighborhoods
On a map the neighborhood of Humaitá cuts a higgedly-piggedly shape out of the landscape. Stamped between Christ the Redeemer...
September 29, 2015
Brazil Rental Prices Show Largest Monthly Drop Since 2008
In August, the FipeZap Index registered an average nominal decrease of 0.72 percent compared to July, the largest monthly decline...
September 15, 2015
Rocinha: Two Years After Pacification
Rocinha, in Zona Sul (South Zone), is widely considered Brazil’s largest favela community, and is certainly the most renowned, has...
August 27, 2013
What R$10K Rents in Rio de Janeiro 2013
Continuing the 2013 Rents in Rio series for those with a bigger budget, we turn our attention to apartments in...
June 11, 2013
What R$1,500 Rents in Rio for 2013
While R$1,500 will scarcely afford a studio space in most of Zona Sul, renting a single room in an apartment...
May 14, 2013
Renting Bikes in Rio de Janeiro
With more than 250 km of bicycle paths in Rio, the city is full of options to see the sites...
January 17, 2012
Living in Rocinha: Post Pacification
Rocinha and Vidigal are now occupied by pacification forces, and with new urban planning projects underway, big changes in the...
November 29, 2011