Rio de Janeiro really, really surprised me. I knew the city would be interesting, but I wasn’t expecting to be this blown ...

For decades the 65-year-old Brazilian artist Beatriz Milhazes has maintained a studio near the gardens. With this tropical flora as her backdrop, and with Brazil’s complex past in mind, Milhazes ...

On his first stop in Rio de Janeiro, on March 21 of that year, he visited the Botanical Garden and was welcomed by the then director of the institution, Antônio Pacheco Leão. To commemorate the 100th ...

At the Rio de Janeiro Botanical Garden, in February, with the intense heat, the work of watering the plants was reinforced with the use of water kites. The activity was made possible thanks to the ...

Spread out across more than 350 acres, this botanical paradise awes ... souvenir shop and the Garden Café restaurant. Located next to the Rodrigo de Freitas Lagoon, the park has no public parking ...

This set from Sol de Janeiro may be a little pricier but the brand has built ... Give them the Orchid or Bonsai Tree from the Botanical Collection or peruse the Lego sets for adults collection of ...

Rio’s beaches Copacabana and Ipanema need little introduction. Instead, go to the locals’ beach Praia Vermelha in the ...

The publication released a list of 10 best botanical gardens in America on Wednesday, part of its 2025 10Best Readers’ Choice Awards, and Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens in Boothbay, Maine ...

RIO DE JANEIRO - Rio de Janeiro police demolished on Tuesday a facility they dubbed a "drug trafficking resort," which they said was used as a meeting point for drug traffickers in the Brazilian city.

In a time of political hostility and violence, a samba school in Rio de Janeiro decided to highlight the realities of the ...

Two Florida botanical gardens have been recognized as some of the best in the U.S. by USA TODAY’s '10 Best' reader’s choice list this spring. Both gardens offer unique experiences, from ...