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

The beaches in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, are the center of social life. Subscribe ... Prainha beach is another small, somewhat secluded beach, on Rio's west side. Flickr/soldon ...

If you have been to Rio de Janeiro’ beaches in Brazil, this probably sounds familiar: samba music drifting from a nearby kiosk, caipirinha cocktails sold by hawkers, chairs sprawled across the sand.

A beach kiosk sits on the Ipanema Beach boardwalk in Rio de Janeiro, Sunday, May 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado) Beachgoers walk past a vendor's stand of beachwear on Ipanema Beach in Rio de ...

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 ...

Copacabana, Ipanema and Leme are three of the premiere beaches in Rio. Historian Raul Melo, who owns a tour company called Rios de História, said the beachfront was farmland until the early 1900s.

The 19-year-old used to travel hours to Rio de Janeiro's chic Ipanema beach, but a spate of mass robberies by groups of youths are keeping D'Aquino closer to home, on an artificial shoreline built ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — If you have been to Rio de Janeiro’ beaches, this probably sounds familiar: samba music drifting from a nearby kiosk, caipirinha cocktails sold by hawkers, chairs ...

A beach kiosk sits on the Ipanema Beach boardwalk in Rio de Janeiro, Sunday, May 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado) Beachgoers walk past a vendor’s stand of beachwear on Ipanema Beach in Rio de ...