A Rio beach once known for polluted water is now attracting swimmers again as cleanup efforts begin to show results.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — If you have been to Rio de Janeiro’ beaches, this probably sounds familiar: samba music drifting from a nearby kiosk, caipirinha cocktails sold by hawkers, chairs sprawled across ...

Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro comes alive with a striking mix of city lights, ocean waves, and mountain views. From ...

The Rio de Janeiro travel guide for a four-day weekend: Visit the four or five key tourist attractions, eat world-renowned food (and sometimes just simple local fare), spend a lot of time with your ...

On the beaches of Rio de Janeiro, just about anything you need will come to you. The sand has long been an open-air, democratic marketplace. Vendors come down from poor, hillside neighborhoods to sell ...

The general consensus on Rio’s fine food scene is that, relative to other cities of global stature, it punches below weight. But then again, Rio obliterates the field when it comes to sun, sand, ...

RIO DE JANEIRO — Citing a spike in petty thefts along Rio's iconic beaches, the Australian Olympic Committee on Sunday ordered its athletes to stay off the sand from sunset to sundown. The Olympians ...

RIO DE JANEIRO Luis Fernando Bensimon beamed as he looked away from the crystalline waters of Rio’s famed Ipanema Beach, away from the beautiful bodies perfecting their caramel-mocha tans just days ...