In fact, "The Girl from Ipanema" primed him for romance, Sletteland said amid the beach's bustle. When he met Sonia Madeira de Ley, who'd gone from Rio to Vermont to study English, he felt like he ...

Catharina Michel plays "altinha," a popular beach game with a soccer ball, on Arpoador beach Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Saturday, May 15, 2021. Brazilian pop star Anitta’s spin on the classic ...

A five-mile stretch along Copacabana and Ipanema beaches crackles with energy. By Seth Kugel For first-timers, a five-mile stroll along Copacabana and Ipanema beaches — Rio de Janeiro’s two ...

The fur seal on Rio de Janeiro’s iconic beach was turning heads of locals and tourists alike Wednesday morning — though not for the same reasons as the famous "Girl from Ipanema." ...

British Airways flies direct from Heathrow to Rio de Janeiro International Airport, a 30-minute drive from Ipanema. Where to stay: Fairmont Rio de Janeiro Copacabana has rooms from £333, B&B ...

RIO DE JANEIRO-- An hours-long shootout between police and suspected criminals in Rio de Janeiro has left three people dead, as well as blocking streets and closing shops in the posh Copacabana ...

The Sofitel is arguably the best-located hotel in Ipanema—on the beachfront in between postos 9 and 10, the latter of which is the beginning of Leblon, one of the city’s most glamorous ...

The mayor of Rio de Janeiro has issued a decree to regulate the city’s 30 miles of coastline. Many residents fear it will change Rio’s beach culture as they know it.

Chauffeured in a classic Porsche the Brazilian beauty steps out into 1960s Rio de Janeiro. The pastel pastiche is easy on the eyes, and so is the pin-up girl tracing twirls as a guitar strums the ...

Antonio Carlos Jobim Brazilian Almeida, better known as Tom Jobim, composer, conductor, pianist, singer, arranger and guitarist, was born in Tijuca, North Zone of Rio de Janeiro in 1927.