Good day
We are in SP for a few days to watch the Formula 1. We basically have the Monday to the next Monday and I was also wondering what the best option would be to spend the week.
My first option was car rental:
Monday: SP - Paraty
Tuesday: Paraty to Angra Do Reis transferring to Ihla Grande 2 days
Thursday: Ihla Grande to Rio (Thursday: Barra da Tijuca / Friday: Ipenema / Saturday: Buzios)
Monday: Fly back to SP in the morning and then Back to South Africa

Otherwise just fly to Rio and Buzios and back to SP... just not sure if we are going to get bored and tired of hawkers etc? Especially coming from South Africa, from what I hear, it can be a similar experience?

I think my first option is going to most probably be really stressful on my wife.
What would you guys recommend?

We want to chillax, hike, bar hop on island with boat like we did in Thailand and maybe see a little of Rio, but I'm not sure I have mixed feelings about Rio. We also like jazz and Latin music and my thought is that there would be a lot of that in Rio. I am so confused lol.

I'm starting to think we would not be able to do both, island vibes / nature / cocktails on the beach and Rio - we'd have to choose? Sorry for my rambling.

  • My suggestion would be To Fly to Rio from the downtown SP airport Congonhas, to downtown Rio apt. GIG. Stay in Copa or Ipanema, sign up for tropical island tour and a bus will come and get you and take you to boat which will go to ilha Grande and a bunch of other islands all of which have bars and food they will also be served alcohol on the boat. There’s also a ton of other things to do in Rio to keep you busy just make sure you pick a hotel that’s well rated because parts of COPA can be very sketchy

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