rio de janeiro, the marvelous city -  those three words spoken anywhere in the world will spark the same mental images - sun, sand and samba, tall mountains and tiny bikinis, as well as coconuts and caipirinhas as far as the eye can see. it is an image that the city cherishes, and unlike in many other famous cities, rio lives up to these expectations.

more than 6 million people call the city home and she counted 450 birthdays in 2015 - the history and traditions here are as deep as the atlantic, and as alive as the land the city shares with the rainforest of the guanabara basin.