Carnival revelry is ramping up, from the raucous street parties to the glitzy parades. Follow AP reporters and photographers as they follow Saturday's pre-Lenten parties.

U.S. News Insider Tip: After visiting the Sugarloaf, unwind at the neighboring picturesque Praia Vermelha beach and then head over to the nearby Mureta, a bay-side wall in Urca where locals gather ...

Only the third cable-car operation in the world when it opened in 1912, the Sugarloaf system ushered in a new era of tourism for Brazil as a whole, and enabled millions of visitors (some 37 ...

was shot has become a must-see destination for tourists from all over Brazil. Located near a Rio de Janeiro beach overlooking Sugarloaf Mountain, the house was described as ‘another character in ...

Brazil’s Carnival revelry is ramping up ... on a beach looking across the water at Rio de Janeiro’s Sugarloaf Mountain. Thousands of revelers are here, all decked out in leopard- and jaguar-print ...