Editorials for Brazil | Travel Recommendations by On the Road Travel

Listed below are a few of the tips that we have picked up along our travels. Whether they are for safety, practicality or fun, we encourage you to try them out. If yo....more

Brazil Overview

Portuguese explorers arrived at the coast of Bahia in 1500. Trading posts were quickly established for the expor....more

How to Spend a Rainy Day in Rio
The Brazilian expressions vôce não é feito de açucar or “you’re not made of sugar” (so you won´t melt) and <....more

Podcast: Insider's Guide to Carnaval
Brazilian Editor Justin Mounts provides an insider's look at Brazil's world-famous annual festival, Carnaval. We Are What We Eat

It was said once that Brazil is the ideal place to have a heart-attack. I’m not sure whether the speaker was implying that Brazilian food would be the cause or n....more

The Path Less Taken

Without a doubt, Rio de Janeiro is most famous for its beaches, its Carnival, and its beautiful women. However, did you know that Rio is also home to the largest urba....more

Rio: The City That Never Sleeps

On any given day of the week, you will find a different and exciting nighttime activity in Rio. There is something to please every crowd. So much so that if Rio de Ja....more

Get to Know Rio - Neighborhoods

Rio is so much more than a beach town. Athough Cobacabana put it on the international map, there are many different parts of the....more

Best Places to Pop the Big Question in Rio de Janeiro
Rio: a real metropolis with honest-to-goodness beaches, a subway, rocky mountains jutting out between high-rise buildings, swank side-by-side with deep poverty. So you may come here to admire the beau....more

Day trip: Ride the Surf Bus to Prainha
Of course there’s plenty of sun, sand and sea right in the city of Rio de Janeiro, but if you’re looking for a mini-getaway, a dose of nature, and some surf, a day trip to Prainha (more

An Urban Oasis in Rio de Janeiro

Parque Lage: Peace, quiet, foliage and gourmet eats.

If you’re ....more

Samba: The Heartbeat of Brazil
The Samba is a great metaphor for Brazilian culture: it is lively, vibrant and energetic while seeming effortless and carefree. The Samba rhythm originated from the Afro-Brazilian culture and soon bec....more

Rio de Janeiro's Farmers Markets
“Try this mango; it’s a special one, like honey”, “Five oranges for a Real”, “Who wants limes, garlic, passion fruit?” These cries fill the air amidst the sce....more

Carnival in Rio
What is carnival? The answer can, and does, fill doctoral theses. With its Catholic origins of pre-Lenten hedonism it now incorporates a wide array of traditions that have been aggregated over the yea....more

Carnival Activities in Rio de Janeiro
While Fat Tuesday (February 20) is the real day of carnival, the festivities in Rio de Janeiro begin several weeks before-hand and while the restrictive behavior of Lent should begin on Ash Wednesday ....more

Justin Mounts, our former editor in Rio, tells us about the best way to see Rio in a day:

If you have only one day in Rio I feel really sorry for you, but th....more

Don’t try to overextend yourself. Be sure to plan a few days in Rio de Janeiro,....more

If you have two weeks in Brazil, you’re still just going to be scratching the surface of one of the greatest places on earth, but you’ll have the flexibil....more

You’re going to feel as if you’ve won the lottery, by the time your trip is over. Feel free to use our Salvador's Colorful São Joaquim Market

The Feira de São Joaquim (São Joaquim Market)....more

Ribeira: Eating and Strolling Along the Water’s Edge

Axé music (typical Bahian music with African roots) playing (blaring, perhaps) from beachside restaurants and car stereos provides a soundtrack....more