Football, Carnival, the legendary Copacabana beach, the towering Christ the Redeemer statue, Sugarloaf Mountain, Tijuca, Niterói… There are hundreds of reasons to visit Rio! This city truly makes your head spin. Sultry beauties on the beaches, fearsome drug lords in the favelas, and mesmerising samba dancers ;) Wow! With all that going on, don’t forget the landmarks – after all, a flight to the other side of the world deserves to be fully justified!

Planning an independent trip to Rio de Janeiro is easiest on the Ever.Travel website. We have an interactive map of attractions where you can easily pin the places you’d like to see. You can spread them across several days, build a route between them, and invite friends to join the discussion. Then sync everything with the free Ever.Travel mobile app, which works in Rio even without an internet connection – crucial when roaming.

Never planned a trip this way before? Check out our guide where we walk you through the process step by step. Try it once and we’re sure you’ll never go back to old-fashioned guidebooks and maps!