The Royal Portugese Reading Room

Escadaria Selarón, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Rousing Rio

Rio is a city of varying extremes, encapsulated in wild rainforests and beaches, a metropolis of skyscrapers and shantytowns; a cosmopolitan city, steeped in history – something I’d come to realise after a month in this beguiling city.

I explore its many aspects through a series of articles on the city. This is the second of three.