"The Road to Rio" EcoAdventures Extension	Sugar Loaf Glowing Over Rio
4 Days/3 Nights from $299† Rates Include: • Accommodations in hotel of choice, tax & service • Round-trip airport/hotel transfers via private car/van with guide in Rio • Buffet breakfast daily • Half-Day motorcoach tour of Rio's Sugar Loaf NOTE: Airfares NOT included. Call 800-326-5025 for airfares from major US cities.

Hotels Selection		Package Rates†		Extra Nights
	Season	Dbl	Sgl Supp.	Dbl	Sgl Supp.
Oceano Copacabana	APR-JUN	$355	129	$75	139
	MAR, JUL-DEC 20	299	140	85	155
Excelsior Copacabana (Standard)	MAR-AUG	$435	230	$115	230
	SEP-DEC 28	485	280	140	280
Excelsior Copacabana (Superior)	MAR-AUG	$460	129	$129	255
	SEP-DEC 28	520	159	159	315
Excelsior Copacabana (Deluxe Oceanview)	MAR-AUG	$575	369	$185	369
	SEP-DEC 28	689	400	245	485
Praia Ipanema (Superior)	APR-AUG	$515	310	$55	310
	MAR, SEP-DEC 27	539	330	165	330
Praia Ipanema (Deluxe Oceanview)	APR-AUG	$595	389	$195	389
	MAR, SEP-DEC 27	615	409	205	409
JW Marriott (Atrium View)	MAR-AUG	$615	409	$205	409
	SEP, DEC 01-28	670	431	216	431
	OCT-NOV	659	454	227	454
JW Marriott (Deluxe Oceanview)	MAR-AUG	$759	545	$273	545
	SEP, DEC 01-28, OCT-NOV	725	523	261	523
Sofitel Rio Palace (Classic)	MAR-MAY, OCT-NOV	$665	398	$220	418
	JUN-SEP, DEC 01-27	655	389	215	409
Sofitel Rio Palace (Deluxe Imperial Oceanview)	MAR-MAY, OCT-NOV	$995	700	$390	741
	JUN-SEP, DEC 01-27	795	530	290	555
Excelsior Hotel, Copacabana Beach	Sofitel Rio Palace Hotel, Rio de Janeiro
Note: Low Season = APR-JUN, AUG & SEP, DEC 01-DEC 20. Rates are not valid during Christmas/New Year’s Eve, Carnival or Easter Week. †Rates subject to change without notice.

	Half-Day Motorcoach Corcovado Christ the Redeemer Tour	$49
	Half-Day Motorcoach Corcovado & Tijuca Forest Jeep Safari	79
	Half-Day motorcoach Petropolis Tour	49
	Full-Day Tropical Island Cruise with BBQ lunch	69
	Evening motorcoach Plataforma Samba Show with dinner	95

Optional Tours Outside of Rio After all of that sizzle, we recommend a quiet getaway to one of the beaches north or south of Rio. Brazil packages include: hotel accommodations, tax & service, daily Brazilian buffet breakfast and round-trip ground transfers.

Handwoven Brazilian Tapestry

Take a kayak ride along Joao Fernandez beach. Then stop at one of the many local beachfront restaurants for a cool tropical fruit drink under a forest of umbrellas. Buzios (Romantic Getaway) 3-Day Extension Click here for slideshow Drive north 2½ hours from Rio to the seaside resort of Buzios, playground to European and Brazilian jet setters. The resort is built in the Portuguese colonial style around an antique fishing village that is located almost at the tip of a long, 92-square kilometer cape that juts out into the Atlantic in a west/northeast direction. There are 23 charming beaches to chose from skirting the peninsula. Follow a day of sunbathing or windsurfing with shopping and a sumptuous seafood dinner. Rates include round-trip transfers from Rio via shuttle van/bus with a driver.

The oldest and most quaint part of town is Armacao/Centro Beach ("praia" in Portuguese), with Canto Beach further to the northwest. The old church sits on a point between Armacao and Ossos beaches.

The "old" town is characterized by a beautiful church from the 1700s, sitting on a promontory which divides the city beach (Armacao) and the piers from Praia dos Osos, (left), so named because in whaling times, that is where the whalers dumped the whale bones.

There is a famous statue in the bay of Old Town called "The Three Fishermen" (right). Here you can see them at low tide. (Move your mouse over the image and see them at high tide.) At low tide the beaches are quite large, and the water is warm and very clean and clear – you can see tropical fish swimming around your feet!

When you're finished swimming and/or sunbathing on the beach, you can either walk back to town, (a 20-30 minute walk), or for about US $3 you can take a taxi, or if it is still daylight, a water taxi (below, left) for about US $4.

The main, commercial part of town stretches off in a southern and western direction. The shopping district covers about 20 square blocks of pedestrian-only streets. It is chock-a-block full of shops, restaurants, and shoppers. There are lots of neat, tucked-away "malls" with art galleries and lots of shops with unique, beautiful crafts.

There are all sorts of restaurants of all nationalities, like this colorful avant-garde Mexican restaurant (right), or more traditional restaurants, with both indoor and sidewalk dining. Average price for dinner with salad and a glass of wine: US$10 with carne, US$15 for seafood.

Take a romantic stroll or bicycle ride at sunset on the boardwalk at Buzios

View of Joao Fernandinha Beach from Colonna Park Hotel

Hotel Portobello**	Rates Per Person†
	Dbl	Sgl	Tpl
Low Season	$499	760	498
Extra Nights	$189	289	185
High Season	$645	879	619
Extra Nights	$259	349	245
Upgrade to private transfers	$360	795	275
Single rates based on a minimum of two passengers traveling together. **Rates include breakfast and dinner daily. †Rates subject to change without notice.				Sailing vessel anchored in protected cove, Portobello Hotel, Brazil

Hotel Portobello** & Pousada do Imperial Paraty	Rates Per Person†
	Dbl	Sgl	Tpl
Low Season	$669	1025	655
Extra Nights	$66	119	60
High Season	$845	1195	810
Extra Nights	$100	167	95
Upgrade to private transfers	$499	825	325
Single rates based on a minimum of two passengers traveling together. **Rates include breakfast and dinner daily. †Rates subject to change without notice.				Colonial Church, Paraty, Brazil

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