There are many opportunities for hiking, climbing and trekking in and around the mountain. For the hang gliding and paragliding enthusiast, the best place is the Pedra Bonita which provides an awesome gliding experience to the tourists for a fee of around 150 USD.<\/p>\n
Rio has some of the best beaches of Brazil<\/strong> that are usually flocked with the visitors, their soft white sand and the turquoise water provide a great setting for a relaxing vacation. A few of these beaches are famous for their party scene and nightlife and they become really alive in the carnival season. The carnival is still the most important reason for the most tourists planning for a vacation in Rio, it lasts for two weeks and the most famous part of the carnival is the parade of the samba schools of Brazil on the main roads of the city on gigantic structures called Sambadrome.<\/p>\n The hotels in the city usually get completely booked out during the carnival so it will be a wise idea to make a booking in advance if you are planning for a vacation in the carnival season. The city has just won the bid for holding the 2016 Olympics games and it is an evidence of the improving security situation in the city which was thought to be unsafe for travel because of the high crime rate in the last decade.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" There are many opportunities for hiking, climbing and trekking in and around the mountain. For the hang gliding and paragliding enthusiast, the best place is the Pedra Bonita which provides an<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_has_post_settings":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"hashtags":[],"class_list":["post-11291","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-destinations"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t