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Christmas and New Year's Eve are fast approaching and plenty of people may be starting to save for the upcoming holidays. New Year's Eve for me has generally been a time for relaxing and enjoying the night in a local bar or restaurant with family or friends. Last New Year's Eve my friend Lucy and I went to South America for New Year's Eve and if you are planning to go to South America, but confused about which country you may want to go, well you've clicked on the right page! I will discuss the most popular place ever visited on New Year's Eve, which is Rio de Janeiro. Let me tell you, it truly is one of the best ways to experience New Year's Eve, so you just know you want to go.
Ok, we all know that Rio de Janeiro is renowned for its crazy celebrations all year round, including the Carnival in Rio De Janeiro that is on around February or March each year. But New Year's Eve is also absolutely massive and the best place in the city to be is right on Copacabana Beach. Here people gather and celebrate by drinking, samba dancing, watching the fireworks at midnight, and much more. The firework display on Copacabana Beach for New Year's Eve is something else, as they use expensive and very colorful fireworks, and these really last a long time up in the night sky and the beach and surf is lit up as well.
Accommodation is a plenty at Copacabana Beach and there are plenty of decent hotels close to the beach. Copacabana Beach is big with the tourists and we stayed in a brilliant 4 star hotel right on the beach. The hotel was one word, AMAZING! It was so worth the extra money. We had a great view of the beach and the whole area. We were thinking going to the big New Year's Eve party they had on at the hotel that looked great, but as the party entrance fee was around $1100 USD we decided to give it a miss and just spent the night out on the beach. Although our hotel was pricey there were quite a lot of affordable hotels to stay that are close by to the beach. Some of these cheaper hotels are pretty old, but still do the job you need and are pretty affordable on most budgets.
What makes South America an awesome place for New Year's Eve is that during this time of year, the weather in northern hemisphere countries is cold and often caked in snow. That's why many vacationers will spend their holidays at tropical locations, like Rio de Janeiro. The weather is consistently hot during the holidays, and vacationers will love to swim at the beach all day and night. Rio de Janeiro is one of the best warm weather locations to stay during New Year's Eve.
If you love mountain hiking, Rio de Janeiro has some awesome trips. When you have had an enough of swimming and the beach, you may want to do some mountain hiking at the Corcovado and Sugar Loaf Mountains. Aside from hiking you may also try out some different things, like catching the train up Corcovado mountain where the statue of Christ the Redeemer is located. Up there you will get a great view of the whole city.
But one thing is for sure, I can highly recommend to everyone to check out Rio De Janeiro for your next New Year's Eve vacation.
Ok, we all know that Rio de Janeiro is renowned for its crazy celebrations all year round, including the Carnival in Rio De Janeiro that is on around February or March each year. But New Year's Eve is also absolutely massive and the best place in the city to be is right on Copacabana Beach. Here people gather and celebrate by drinking, samba dancing, watching the fireworks at midnight, and much more. The firework display on Copacabana Beach for New Year's Eve is something else, as they use expensive and very colorful fireworks, and these really last a long time up in the night sky and the beach and surf is lit up as well.
Accommodation is a plenty at Copacabana Beach and there are plenty of decent hotels close to the beach. Copacabana Beach is big with the tourists and we stayed in a brilliant 4 star hotel right on the beach. The hotel was one word, AMAZING! It was so worth the extra money. We had a great view of the beach and the whole area. We were thinking going to the big New Year's Eve party they had on at the hotel that looked great, but as the party entrance fee was around $1100 USD we decided to give it a miss and just spent the night out on the beach. Although our hotel was pricey there were quite a lot of affordable hotels to stay that are close by to the beach. Some of these cheaper hotels are pretty old, but still do the job you need and are pretty affordable on most budgets.
What makes South America an awesome place for New Year's Eve is that during this time of year, the weather in northern hemisphere countries is cold and often caked in snow. That's why many vacationers will spend their holidays at tropical locations, like Rio de Janeiro. The weather is consistently hot during the holidays, and vacationers will love to swim at the beach all day and night. Rio de Janeiro is one of the best warm weather locations to stay during New Year's Eve.
If you love mountain hiking, Rio de Janeiro has some awesome trips. When you have had an enough of swimming and the beach, you may want to do some mountain hiking at the Corcovado and Sugar Loaf Mountains. Aside from hiking you may also try out some different things, like catching the train up Corcovado mountain where the statue of Christ the Redeemer is located. Up there you will get a great view of the whole city.
But one thing is for sure, I can highly recommend to everyone to check out Rio De Janeiro for your next New Year's Eve vacation.
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FOMO Travel, the events and festival travel specialists, has developed a new site that provides an extensive array of information and advice for New Year's Eve in Rio De Janeiro, including travel options, travel tips, party spots and other activities.