Select your outward journey date
Select your return journey date

Football

 
 

Our expert Brazil

Football

Previous Next
Football The Maracaña Stadium, Rio, Brazil One of the world's largest football stadiums. Rio de Janeiro will host the 2016 Summer Olympics, which will mark the first time a South American city hosts the event Vladimira Dvorakova / age fotostock;

See more pictures: Football

  • The Maracaña Stadium, Rio, Brazil
  • Football
  • Football in Copacabana
  • Visiting the stadium
  • The changing rooms
  • The cheering crowd

Football, a popular national sport, draws crowds and inspires enthusiasm all over the country. In Rio, a match in the Maracaña stadium leaves you with an unforgettable souvenir. This giant stadium can hold up to 150,000 people. The matches take place at weekends, but the stadium can be visited every day. Football fanatics should not miss this footy-pilgrimage, which begins with a visit to the 'hall of fame' of Brazilian footballers. Don't forget to ask to take a peek at the lockers before going into the bleachers of this historical stadium where the World Cup was played in 1950!

Arts and culture

Other reasons to go

  1.   Landscapes

  2.   Coasts

  3.   Towns

  4.   The fauna and flora

  5.   Monuments

  6.   Traditions

  7.   Shopping

Package holidays in : Brazil

Put your dream holiday together using our holiday price comparator. Compare 575556 holidays from tour operators in just a few clicks.