these prime stretches of coastline, are rich with a great number of bars, restaurants, clubs, and shops of a thousand variety.

in fact, these premium districts are the most expensive to stay in, but are particularly advantageous as far as avoiding traffic to get to the various carnival events.

copacabana has the double advantage of being slightly less expensive than ipanema and leblon, and being home to some of the main street parties.

from copacabana, visitors are only a brief walk away from ipanema, and have easy access to a variety of public transportation links into the rest of the city.