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.
As we all know, Rio de Janeiro is renowned for the awesome celebrations all year round, including early in the year with the Rio Carnival. Nevertheless, New Year's Eve is absolutely massive in Rio and on Copacabana Beach people gather and celebrate together by drinking, samba dancing, watching the fireworks at midnight, and much more. The firework display in this place is really cool, as they use expensive and very colorful fireworks, and these really last a long time in the night sky and light up around the beach.
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.
If you want warm weather for your New Year's Eve then South America is the place to be. I don't know about you but I find it so annoying that during the holiday time of year back home in the USA, the weather in there is cold. We live in Minnesota, so most of the places close to me are just covered in snow. That's why I wanted so much to spend a New Year's Eve in warm tropical location. I certainly picked a beauty in Rio de Janeiro. The weather was so fantastic whilst 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.
Although it was warm we didn't just go swimming at the beach all the time and there is plenty to do in Rio De Janeiro. If you like mountain hiking, Rio de Janeiro has some awesome trips. My honest advice is if you want to do some mountain hiking then head to Sugar Loaf Mountain. Also after we did some hiking we took a train ride one day up Corcovado mountain to see the Christ the Redeemer statue. This was so worth it, as you get a great view of the whole city up there.
But one thing is for sure, I can highly recommend to everyone to check out Rio De Janeiro for your next New Year's Eve vacation.
As we all know, Rio de Janeiro is renowned for the awesome celebrations all year round, including early in the year with the Rio Carnival. Nevertheless, New Year's Eve is absolutely massive in Rio and on Copacabana Beach people gather and celebrate together by drinking, samba dancing, watching the fireworks at midnight, and much more. The firework display in this place is really cool, as they use expensive and very colorful fireworks, and these really last a long time in the night sky and light up around the beach.
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.
If you want warm weather for your New Year's Eve then South America is the place to be. I don't know about you but I find it so annoying that during the holiday time of year back home in the USA, the weather in there is cold. We live in Minnesota, so most of the places close to me are just covered in snow. That's why I wanted so much to spend a New Year's Eve in warm tropical location. I certainly picked a beauty in Rio de Janeiro. The weather was so fantastic whilst 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.
Although it was warm we didn't just go swimming at the beach all the time and there is plenty to do in Rio De Janeiro. If you like mountain hiking, Rio de Janeiro has some awesome trips. My honest advice is if you want to do some mountain hiking then head to Sugar Loaf Mountain. Also after we did some hiking we took a train ride one day up Corcovado mountain to see the Christ the Redeemer statue. This was so worth it, as you get a great view of the whole city up there.
But one thing is for sure, I can highly recommend to everyone to check out Rio De Janeiro for your next New Year's Eve vacation.
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