While São Paulo boasts a star-studded list of world-class restaurants, Rio has never been known as a dining destination, but rather as a cit...

While January in Brazil is high summer, and prime time to lounge on the beach as most locals do, that’s also when fashionistas flock to Rio ...

Immortalized in that timeless bossa nova tune, the girls from Ipanema – Rio’s toniest beach district – are indeed tall and tan and lovely. B...

The beaches of Florianópolis – an island-city an hour’s flight South of São Paulo – are famous for the high quotient of gorgeous blonde, ol...

Forget the barely-there string bikini stereotype: Brazilians now like show little skin and plenty of covered-up ensembles at the beach. The ...

Beach Couture , the brainchild of girl-about-town Vanda Jacintho and longtime friend Carol Andraus, makes exquisite swimwear (and matching s...