Living in Rio

Rio de Janeiro is Everyman's fantasyland. The fairytale city combines tropical vegetation, beaches carpeted with the Girls from Ipanema, and a sultry climate that lures everyone out of their homes on the many balmy evenings. this book, both a travelogue and a look inside twenty spectacular local homes, presents a stylish overview of the city's history, beaches, nightlife, parties and sensuous Carioca lifestyle.