Book description
The Rough Guide to Rio de Janeiro is the essential travel guide with
clear maps and coverage of Rio de Janeiro's unforgettable attractions.
From the Christ statue at Corcovado and the fun-filled beaches of
Copacabana and Ipanema to the fascinating less-visited areas like
Santa Teresa and the Zona Norte, the Rough Guide steers you to the
best hotels in Rio, restaurants, stylish bars, caf s, nightlife and
shopping in Rio across every price range. The guide provides
definitive information on the Rio de Janeiro carnival, advice on
finding the best carnival parades and street party "blocos",
and all the Rio de Janeiro carnival warm-up events at samba schools,
nightclubs and city shows. You'll find detailed coverage on staying
safe in Rio, comprehensive information on Rio's football clubs, as
well as coverage of volleyball, Brazilian Ju-Jitsu and hiking in the
beautiful Tijuca national park. The Rough Guide to Rio de Janeiro also
includes handy information on getting out of town to Paraty, Petr
polis, Ilha Grande and B zios. Explore all corners of the city with
authoritative background on everything from Rio de Janeiro's turbulent
history to Afro-Brazilian influences, relying on the clearest maps of
any guide and practical language tips.
Make the most of your holiday with The Rough Guide to Rio de Janeiro
Eager to leave genteel Bath in south west England as a fresh-faced
eighteeen year old, Robert Coates used a handful of Rough Guides while
backpacking the Middle East in the mid 1990s, always appreciating the
books' approach to balancing coverage of the sights with intelligent
background. A few years later he discovered a passion for the Caribbean
while living in Jamaica as a youth worker, an experience which included
drumming in a reggae band, inadvertently ending up in a riot, and
developing a love for ackee and saltfish. After two degrees and a stint
as a reporter at the UN Commission for Human Rights, Robert's first work
as a travel writer was in 2004. While visiting family in Belize, he met
Rough Guide author Peter Eltringham and gained an informal - if alluring
- contract to research music, punta nightlife, and human rights issues
for the Rough Guide to Belize. He has since returned to the region
numerous times to update Rough Guides to Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago,
and the Caribbean - in the process visiting islands like Cuba, Curacao,
St Lucia and Martinique. Dancing rum-in-hand through the carnival-crazed
streets of Port of Spain led Robert onwards to Brazil, travelling across
the country in 2007 before returning to the Cidade Maravilhosa to
research the first edition Rough Guide to Rio de Janeiro, published in
2009. In between times, Robert has worked for VSO as a volunteer manager
in London and a programme officer in Guyana, as well as contributing to
the
New Internationalist
and a range of other books and magazines. He's a self-confessed lover
of Rio's big passions - football, Carnaval and samba - as well as being
an enthusiastic hiker, canoeist and musician. When not in Brazil or the
Caribbean, he is based in Bristol.
