Rio de Janeiro

First-time visitors to Rio de Janeiro should probably take an organised tour all day, to see Corcovado Mountain with its Christ The Redeemer statue, and Sugarloaf Mountain, Selarón Steps, Maracana Stadium, and the Sambadrome. Others might head straight to the four-kilometre-long Copacabana Beach, justifiably rated one of the world’s best, with…

Fairmont Hotels & Resorts has opened a new address in the heart of one of the most spectacular locations in Rio de Janeiro - Copacabana Beach.

Qatar Airways, the award-winning and fastest growing airline in the world, has announced eight more destinations for 2017-18, in addition to seven…

Go back to the e-newsletter Belmond welcomes the world to Rio de Janeiro with a series of art installations by award-winning Icelandic artist, Kristjana S Williams, at the city’s landmark beachfront hotel, Belmond Copacabana Palace. Inspired by cartography and nature, the most dramatic of the artist’s creations is a butterfly-themed theatrical…

Go back to the e-newsletter > Havana, Cuba With the opening of relations between the US and Cuba, the colourful Cuban culture of Havana is going to…