Rio de Janeiro really, really surprised me. I knew the city would be interesting, but I wasn’t expecting to be this blown away by how gorgeous it was. The beaches, the mountains, the buildings tucked ...

National Geographic Expeditions staff member Coral Keegan recently traveled to Rio de Janeiro to experience one of the biggest Carnival celebrations in the world and explore La Cidade Maravilhosa—the ...

Inimitable, irresistible, idiosyncratic: Rio de Janeiro is one of South America’s most superlative inventions. It was supplanted by Brasilia as Brazil’s capital in 1960, surpassed by São Paulo as ...