Rio's beaches currently have a hodgepodge of sanitary restrictions in place. Visitors and cariocas, as local residents are known, can swim and practice individual sports on the sand during the week.
When it’s hot a beach walk can be tiring; there’s a bike path all along the front and bikes to hire at 300 stations dotted around the city; e-bikes are available. Rio was the capital of the ...
In Rio de Janeiro, it’s always summer, the swimwear is skimpy — and many will do almost anything to look good. They pump iron on the beach. Crush high-intensity workouts. Bronze and preen.