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 ...

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 ...

Ipanema Beach is ranked #6 out of 17 things to do in Rio de Janeiro. See pictures and our review of Ipanema Beach.

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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.

RIO DE JANEIRO — 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 ...