Exploring the Rise of Hilltop Favela Tourism in Rio de Janeiro
Why Tourists Are Choosing Stays in Rio’s Hilltop Favelas Published 5:50 PM EDT, Thu August 6, 2015 The view from Milvvia Goncalves’ two-bedroom home in Rio’s Cantagalo — or “Rooster’s Crow” — neighborhood. Filled with stacks of brick and cement homes, this favela was dominated by violent drug gangs until just a couple of years…