I spent 5 days in Rio de Janeiro alone for vacation during December 2018 after living in Fortaleza during the autumn 2018, I decide to visit Rio de Janeiro one week before come back to Italy.

Day 1 – 14.12.18

( Sunset at Pestana Hotel )

The flight to Rio from Fortaleza was at 2:20 am to Rio GIG.

Landed at 6:40 am local hour, 99 taxi arrived in the hostel around 9 am, breakfast free, and then beach Ipanema, exploring, supermarket lunch and then sleep and relax.

Copacabana for the sunset Pestana hostel party there, to there by taxi and then come back to the hostel to sleep.

Day 2 – 15.12.18

( Christ the redeemer )

Sleep in the morning then city tour at 1:30 pm from the hostel tour of the city, first Christ redeemer, then cathedral and Escadaria Selaron. In the price of the tour ticket there was also the Pan de Azucar but the weather was a bit cloudy so me and a Australian guy we decided to to go the day after.

 

Day 3 – 16.12.18

( View from Pan de Azucar )

Botanic garden in the morning, than Favela tour at Hocina favelas where is operating the comando vermelho the most dangerous cartel. They make the rules and who support them have money and the others not.

Then in the afternoon I met with Cam in the markets next to my hostel in Ipanema and Sugarloft together for the sunset.

Than dinner at Garota de Ipanema with all the other guys of the city day tour.

Day 4 – 17.12.18

( Arrial do cabo ) 

I decid to do the third tour to Arrial do cabo, I woke up at 7:10 am and then I spent few hours on the bus and the we had a boat tour amaizing where we visted al this amaizing little island. Than I arrived back in Ipanema around 9 pm where in the square I met Cairo my friend from the erasmus in Tomar ( Portugal ), we drinks few beers together and than I come back to the hostel.

Day 5 – 18.12.18

( Sunset at Sofitel Hotel )

Woke up at 9 and then breakfast, Ipanema beach then market to buy same fruits for my mum, lunch at the hostel and the Copacabana walking till back to the hostel, while I walking I bought few souvenirs. And than for the sunset and dinner I went at Sofitel hotel, amaizing view and atmosphere.

 

 

Day 6 – 19.12.18

Traveling day, woke up at 3 am, dress up call a 99 and going to the airport.

First flight at 6:55am from Rj Santos dumont landed in SP at 8:10 am.

Going to take the next flight at 9:20 am.

Super long day, unbelievable and I landed in Lisbon at 9:10 pm, where I slept over on the floor of the airport.

 

Day 7 – 20.12.18

Woke up in Lisbon airport, flight at 7:35 am and I landed i Milan Malpensa around 11 am, my mum come to pick me up and we come back home for the luch.