Tag: Ipanema

• Friday, July 17th 2020 - 07:43 UTC

  Copacabana and Ipanema beaches sparkling as they are empty of sunbathers

  

  Rio de Janeiro's golden beaches are sparkling a lot more during the coronavirus pandemic, as residents and visitors stay away, revealing miles of pristine sand along the spectacular shore.

• Monday, July 8th 2019 - 08:35 UTC

  Ipanema mourning: Bossa nova legend Joao Gilberto dies at the age of 88

  

  As if to say goodbye, Joao Gilberto emerged from seclusion a few days before his death and had dinner at a restaurant on Rio's Copacabana beach. The musician who gave the world the bossa nova and is remembered for his haunting version of The Girl From Ipanema died on Saturday at age 88 after a life of international stardom but also mounting family, financial and health difficulties.

• Tuesday, January 31st 2012 - 05:17 UTC

  The itsy-bitsy tanga and ‘fio dental’ succumbing to bikinis and ‘gordinhas’

  

  The Girl from Ipanema has put on a few kilos and for many sun basking in Brazil’s beaches the country’s iconic itsy-bitsy, teeny-weeny tanga just doesn’t suffice anymore.