Copacabana’s bikini fashion parade, hip Santa Teresa and lush Atlantic rainforest are a short step from a cruise ship
Midnight in Rio and we’re gliding past a city clearly meant to be seen from the water. Just over there is the famous Copacabana beach, the iconic Palace Hotel lit up behind. And there, looming from the sky, is the illuminated statue of Christ, shining through a shroud of cloud on Corcocavado mountain. It’s a slow, scenic slip out of the enormous Guanabara Bay, and I can see why early explorers thought they were in a river and named the city accordingly.
Now the stunning city sights are floating past my balcony at the start of a South American cruise