By Ori Alexa


Samba city is a more recent component to Rio de Janeiro's structure and uses up a space of about 114.000 square meters. Built by the City Hall, it's found in the adjoining town of Gamboa. The reason for creating the city in Gambo had been that the city is recognized as hallowed, because this was the homeland of Carioca samba. The city's structural style and design is geometric in shape and incorporates the districts of Saude, Santo Cristo and Gamboa. The concept guiding the architecture is of recognizing and recognizing the ancestral dance of Samba which actually came from Africa.

Buzios Peninsula which was once a fishing community has presently transformed into a major tourism location. In past times, it was populated by European pirates and slaves nevertheless in time, the assortment in its beauty caught the tourist's eye and evolved into a key tourist vacation spot with exclusive hotels, luxury homes, penthouse apartments and a buzzing nightlife as well as a collection of eco life.

In Buzios, you'll find around twenty beaches which encircle the peninsula and many centers which provide facilities for water sports like windsurfing, deep-sea diving, snorkeling plus fishing. An 18 hole golf course, free galleries and nightclubs embellish the appealing peninsula. Buzios can be arrived at by road from Rio de Janeiro Brazil via the Rio-Niteroi toll bridge or by bus via the Novo Rio Bus Station.

Fiscal Island, a part of the Guanabara Bay, is a little isle which maintains a smallish green fortress that had been once an essential site for the Brazilian empire. The citadel on the Fiscal Island is said to have hosted the last Imperial ball in 1889. Its architecture has been designed by Adolfo del Vecchio and his awesome creativeness can be seen in the form of carved stone work, excellent mosaic work and ten different kinds of hard wood used for mosaics. This neo gothic castle can be visited three times per week from Thursday to Sunday.

Located near to the Parque de Cidade, Moreira Salles is a cultural centre. It maintains old pictures of Rio de Janeiro and the remainder of Brazil showing the way the towns have changed and developed over time. This informative center furthermore displays work by famed artists and draws in a number of tourists who are enthusiastic about understanding about Rio de Janeiro and Brazil's background.




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