Tuesday, November 5, 2013

The Best Travel Destination For New Year's Eve In South America Is Rio De Janeiro

By Grace Charvin


Christmas and New Year's Eve is almost upon us. Are you like me and starting to save for the upcoming holidays? In recent times New Year's Eve for me has been a time for relaxing and enjoying the night in my favourite restaurant back home with family and a few friends. Last New Year's Eve my friend Lucy and I went to Rio De Janeiro for New Year's Eve. If you are thinking of doing a South American New Year's Eve, but unsure about where you want to go, well stop thinking about it, because Rio De Janeiro is the only place to be in South America for New Year's Eve. Let me tell you, it is easily the best New Year's Eve I have experienced and I cannot wait to do it all again.

Ok, we all know that Rio de Janeiro is renowned for its crazy celebrations all year round, including the Carnival in Rio De Janeiro that is on around February or March each year. But New Year's Eve is also absolutely massive and the best place in the city to be is right on Copacabana Beach. Here people gather and celebrate by drinking, samba dancing, watching the fireworks at midnight, and much more. The firework display on Copacabana Beach for New Year's Eve is something else, as they use expensive and very colorful fireworks, and these really last a long time up in the night sky and the beach and surf is lit up as well.

If you need accommodation there are heaps of hotels close to the beach. Copacabana really is a massive tourist hub, so we stayed in a really neat 4 star hotel right on the beach. Although the hotel was pretty flash, it was still worth the money. We had a great view of the beach and the whole area. The hotel next door to us had a massive New Year's Eve party that looked pretty ritzy, as the party entrance fee was around $1100 USD. However, there are quite a lot of affordable hotels to stay that are right near the beach. Some of them are a bit older, but still do the job you need and are pretty affordable on most budgets.

Oh, and the best thing about being in South America for New Year's Eve is the weather. If you're like me and like your weather warm then this is the place to be. It is so annoying that during this time of year, the weather in northern hemisphere countries is cold and most of the places are full of snow. That's why so many people want to spend their New Year's Eve in warm tropical locations, like Rio de Janeiro. The weather was so hot during the time we were there, and I loved that we could swim at the beach all day and night. Rio de Janeiro is possibly the best warm weather location to stay during New Year's Eve.

If you love mountain hiking, Rio de Janeiro has some awesome trips. When you have had an enough of swimming and the beach, you may want to do some mountain hiking at the Corcovado and Sugar Loaf Mountains. Aside from hiking you may also try out some different things, like catching the train up Corcovado mountain where the statue of Christ the Redeemer is located. Up there you will get a great view of the whole city.

If I were you I would book a trip to Rio De Janeiro for your next New Year's Eve vacation. I can guarantee you will not regret. You will definitely have a blast.




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