One of my favourite things to do in Rio is visit the Feira de São Cristóvão – if you’re in Rio and you haven’t been yet then you should definitely go check it out – find all the details here. If you go in the evening on a weekend, the whole place is really […]
Mrs Eat Rio and I are off to São Paulo this weekend to enjoy the culinary delights that Brazil’s largest city has to offer. Sadly the Eat Rio budget won’t stretch to D.O.M. this time, but our greedy stomachs are quivering in anticipation of a visit to the highly rated Mocotó. Speaking of food, I’ve been […]
Before I came to Brazil, I spent the best part of a year backpacking my way from Argentina to Mexico. While very few (if any) backpackers I met were actually poor, most of them were doing their best to make a limited budget stretch as far as possible. People were always swapping money-saving tips – […]
Not so long ago I was asked to contribute some advice for people moving to Rio. The first thing that popped into my head was “Remember to ask for pouco açúcar [just a little sugar] when ordering your caipirinhas”. “No no”, they said, “It doesn’t have to be specific to Rio. But it does […]
The prices of goods and services in Rio are undeniably high. It doesn’t matter whether you’re eating in a restaurant, buying clothes or looking to rent an apartment – the prices are often wince-inducing. And when prices are high enough to make rich holidaymakers and expats gasp, imagine how the locals must feel. Last year’s […]