U.S. News Insider Tip: At the end of the day, go to Arpoador at the far end of Ipanema near Copacabana to watch the sunset next to the Dois Irmãos (Two Brothers Mountains). Locals clap as the last ...

Perhaps best known worldwide from the 1960s jazz song "The Girl From Ipanema," which describes a "tall and tan and young and lovely" who who walks "like a samba," the Ipanema neighborhood of Brazil’s ...

“I do not want to leave this place,” I scribbled in my journal the night we flew home. I meant it. Rio de Janeiro has that effect on you. It’s not just the raw natural beauty–though the cinematic ...

Thud. Bump. Swish. A single white ball arcs up into the baby blue sky before zooming back down to the ground at great speed. It’s sunrise on Ipanema in Rio de Janeiro, and the entire beach is empty ...

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil — An Orthodox synagogue was opened officially a few blocks from the iconic Ipanema Beach in Brazil. Some 1,200 people attended Sunday’s inauguration of the four-story, 440-seat ...

Not an inch of sand was wasted in Rio De Janeiro yesterday. Thousands of sun-worshippers flocked to Ipanema Beach to make the most of a heatwave that saw temperatures reach as high as 34C (93F). The ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Short, and dark, and young, and tired, the seal on Ipanema was basking ... The fur seal on Rio de Janeiro’s iconic beach was turning heads of locals and tourists alike Wednesday ...

Some 1,200 people attended the inauguration of the four-story, 440-seat Orthodox synagogue named for the late Brazilian Jewish billionaire and philanthropist Edmond Safra, RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (JTA) ...