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 ...

Set in the coastal town of Tamandaré in Brazil's Pernambuco state, Carneiros Beach is a little more than 60 miles from the ...

As the sound of the surf breaking on the shore blended with the strains of bossa nova, the models paraded on a wooden boardwalk against a catwalk backdrop open to the skies which revealed the twin ...

On any given night in Rio de Janeiro, walk a block inland from Ipanema Beach, along Rua Vinícius de Moraes, and the sound of waves will be replaced by the soft pulse of bossa nova. The genre — ...

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's golden beaches are sparkling a lot more during the coronavirus pandemic, as residents and visitors stay away, revealing miles of pristine sand along the spectacular shore. While Rio ...

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 ...

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 morning — though not ...