Fun and entertainment Rio De Janeiro

Not far from Pedra do Sal, where Cariocas who love samba gather on weekends, Angu do Gomes is a place full of tradition. In this traditional bar-restaurant, one comes to taste the traditional eponymous angu , a kind of doughnut imported from Africa by the slaves. Today it is a place of the bohemian Carioca where customers from different backgrounds honor a traditional and tolerant Rio where diversity is not fought, but honored. Angu do Gomes is definitely part of the neighborhood's renaissance. To discover.

Samba has always been played in this industrial wasteland district on Monday, the workers' day off. At the heart of Afro-Brazilian culture, the Renascença club is the meeting place for real samba. The samba roda brings together the best musicians and dancers. Few tourists know about the rendezvous, not even the hipsters who frequent the Pedra do Sal in the Centro. Authentic atmosphere guaranteed. You can eat acarajés, caldinhos and pasteis. The club is a closed and secure place with taxis waiting in front.

This hotel-bar-restaurant-art gallery, which appears to have been designed by Gaudí, is perched on the heights of Catete, in the heart of a pacified favela, and offers a remarkable view of the Sugar Loaf. Jazz concerts, bed & breakfasts, Indian cuisine evenings or simply a "classic" bar - there's no shortage of opportunities to come here. A van service is organized to get you there. One of the city's most original and popular venues. The Maze project has been described as unique by National Geographic, which says it all!

It is a botequim with a strong identity, of course, since it was bought by enthusiasts of the place who could not bear the idea of seeing it sold to Grand Capital to make a bar of a big chain without soul. The adega Perola has remained a place of conviviality, where discussions between people who did not know each other two minutes before are made around large tables. A zinc, affable waiters in white shirts who are busy. They serve small dishes in a bohemian atmosphere very Copa "pé sujo" or dirty feet, nickname of the "real" botequins.

If you haven't been to Brussels or Bruges recently, in the land of beer, you can go to the Délirium Café, named after a famous Belgian beer, which has also given its name to bars in Toulouse and Montpellier. For fans of hoppy beverages, this is the place to be. The reference is clearly displayed with the Belgian flag proudly hanging from the ceiling. The beers are varied, for all tastes and from all countries. There are several hundred references. The "estaminet" atmosphere is inevitably original in Rio!

Because all the excitement of Rio is not confined to the beaches of Rio, the Lagoa bar is a place to know. On the terrace or in a magnificent Art Deco style lounge with pistachio colored walls, inaugurated in 1934, you can enjoy a beer while eating some more substantial dishes like the famous potato salad or a fish with Lagoa sauce... You can find there a little bit of an old-fashioned side, maybe due to the white and black uniforms of the waiters, but it is undoubtedly what makes its charm. It is a botequim impossible to circumvent of the district!

This old grocery store is one of the bars registered in the very official heritage of the city. Built in 1907, the Armazém appears today as a fusion between an old store and a "botequim". The heart of the Centro beats especially on weekends, when this honorable house is dressed in its festive finery. In a friendly atmosphere, one eats good appetizers (by weight) and the beer menu is very varied. Rodas de samba electrify the atmosphere on Thursdays from 5 pm to closing time and on Saturdays from 2 pm. Simple and not to be missed.

Like other establishments that are part of Carioca's cultural heritage, the Armazem Cardosao is now classified by the city of Rio de Janeiro. Like the Armazem do Senado, this establishment was a grocery store. It is considered the most traditional boteco in the Laranjeiras neighborhood. Elegantly installed in a corner of a busy street on weekends, samba bands animate it and give this place a soul of its own. You can have a drink. An excellent feijoada is offered on Saturdays. To discover!

The Santa Teresa hotel bar is certainly a place of refinement, worthy of the hotel in which it is housed: it offers a relaxed lounge atmosphere, where Brazilian jazz notes are played. From 8pm, the bar offers ao vivo music. A DJ entertains on Fridays, and on Saturdays and Sundays, a jazz concert livens up the beautiful evenings of Santa Teresa. The sunset over Rio is magnificent. When you sip a caipirinha with red (or yellow) fruits, you are close to paradise... Nice cocktail menu.

The Vinicius Bar, located in the street of the same name, opposite the Garota da Ipanema bar, is a bossa nova institution in Rio. The very intimate concert hall on the first floor has seen the biggest names in bossa music (Baden Powel, Wanda Sa, Dori Caimmi...). It continues to welcome very regularly the great (by talent) Maria Creuza and her velvet voice. Listening to a glass of caipirinha in the hand... Even today, in spite of the gentrification of the district, the same atmosphere of Brazilian music lovers can be found every weekend.

The Garota de Urca is part of the chain of Garotas bars and restaurants. Of course, the first and most famous one will always be the one in Ipanema, but the Garota da Urca has its own little magic touch. A few steps away from the Sugarloaf, Rio's postcard, the Garota has a magnificent view of the Guanabara Bay. It is certainly an excellent place to nibble bolinhos de bacalhau (codfish balls) and drink a little chopp (draft beer) after visiting the Pão de Açucar, at sunset.

The Agô bar ("thank you" in Yoruba, one of the idioms spoken during Candomblé ceremonies) is a great discovery in Santa Teresa. Kananda Soares, who created the concept store "Favela Hype", is behind this bar that honors the Afro-Brazilian origins of the place. Stylized paintings of orixas set the tone. The decoration mixes new and ancestral, like the cocktail menu. (Agua de Oxum, Vulgo Malvadao) and dishes (pork loin flambéed with cachaça). Very good music some evenings. A "place to be" in Santa Teresa!