Italy and 27 Stars Luxury Magazine Italy is one of the few countries in the world where any scenario makes a dream come true. Starting with the Italian people themselves, sporty and elegant, who give a touch of warmth and class to anyone’s trip there. This “bel paese” is also known for its top…
Guto Índio da Costa Guto Índio da Costa, the carioca designer son of a noted architect, completed his industrial design studies at the “Art Center College of Design”. He spent a lot of time studying on the Swiss campus. In 1995, he returned to Brazil and made his first major work. It changed the entire…
Summer of 1980 in Búzios It was the summer of 1980 and Búzios was still a very rustic city with only a few houses. A torrential rain began to fall as my friend Claudia and I walked the dusty red road towards Rua das Pedras. In less than a minute, the road turned into a…
Flávia Amaral Leblon neighborhood Among the 16 townships surveyed by the Fip Zap index, the homes in the Leblon neighborhood in the southern area of Rio have a higher cost per square meter than Rio de Janeiro. In January 2013 the average cost of $20,451 U.S….
Flávia Amaral Santa Teresa Santa Teresa, located in downtown Rio de Janeiro, is uniquely located on top of a mountain with a privileged view of the center and the south side of Rio. The history of neighborhood The neighborhood was developed in the 18th century and was named after a convent…
Relais Chateaux hotel The hotel has an interesting design that blends history with a modern concept. It was erected as a colonial hacienda, and after being restored, it has retained some of the features from the Colonial times of coffee and cocoa. The contemporary design of renowned artist Sergio Rodrigues has recreated a historical atmosphere…
Copacabana Beach In 1923 when the Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro was only a strip of white sand and rocks, entrepreneur Otavio Guinle created a luxurious hotel the famous Copacabana Palace with neoclassical architecture. Ten years after opening, Fred Astaire and…
The city of Sao Sebastiao of Rio de Janeiro was founded by Estacio de Sa in 1565. Its strategic position on the Brazilian coast created the development of its waterfront and commercial timber, and its fishing and sugar cane production, causing a rapid population growth. In the 18th century, the gold discovery of…
FlÁVIA AMARAL Costa Verde (Green Coast) is the name given to a strip of land that runs from the southern coast of Rio de Janeiro to the north coast of São Paulo. It encompasses the cities of Mangalore, Angra dos Reis and Paraty, in Rio de Janeiro and Ubatuba, Caraguatatuba, São Sebastião and Ilhabela…
FLÁVIA AMARAL PHOTO CREDITS MASSIMO LISTRI The city of Sao Paulo, which generates half of Brazil’s economy, is the size of the entire United Kingdom and has a larger population than Portugal. The magnitude of São Paulo is based on its territorial dimension and therefore is the third largest metropolis in the world, the…
