Rio de Janeiro

A cable car up Sugarloaf for the morning view, breakfast in quiet Urca, Copacabana Fort and the beach promenade, Christ the Redeemer at golden hour, and a Garota de Ipanema caipirinha.

The bonde up to Santa Teresa for coffee, the spiral tiles of Selarón's steps, a hilltop lunch above Guanabara Bay, an Ipanema afternoon, sunset at Arpoador, and samba in a three-floor Lapa warehouse.