Taxis in Brazil

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Taxis in Rio de Janeiro

Taxis in Rio de Janeiro presented the official yellow car with blue stripes. On such machines have taxis and red license plates. In addition, Rio has a radio-taxi, air-conditioned - they are fixed prices, so the cost of travel in such a taxi does not depend on the time of day when the tour, and it does not affect simple in traffic jams.
Taxi services in Rio

Stop the car can be on the street (just raise your hand) or go for a free car park for specialized (look for them next to the beach, shops and other busy places). Find out whether the free car in front of you, just - on this car, you will see a red flag raised.

Keep in mind, if you hit an unofficial taxi, the taxi driver is likely to call you a price in excess of 2 or even 3 times the standard fares.

If desired, make a call to the machine flow rate can be out, but in this case, the fare will be more expensive. Implement a taxi can be turned into one of the taxi companies: Coopertramo Radiotaxi: (21) 2 209 9292, 2560 2022; Central Taxi: (21) 2195 1000; Liber Taxi: (21) 3105 0500; Coopatur Radiotaxi: (21) 3885 in 1000, 2573 1009. If necessary, the Rio can order a taxi cab - this service provides company CoopTaxiRJ: (21) 3295 9606.

Because not every driver says in English that he did not have difficulties with understanding to what you need to get an object from a list should be drawn with the address of the place, written in Portuguese.
Air taxi in Rio

For those wishing to organize sightseeing flights (specify details and to order, please call: 220 5000). On average, a 5-minute ride costs 30 reais.
The cost of a taxi in Rio de Janeiro

Everyone who puzzled question: "How much is a taxi in Rio de Janeiro?" May clarify the situation with the prices of viewing information below:

landing with passengers take 5 reais, and for each overcome kilometers - 2 reals;
Easy Auto and waiting passengers costs 25 reais / 1:00;
nightly rates more expensive day by 20%.

The average trip from the airport to the city center costs about 30-60 reais from Ipanema to Copacabana - 6 reais from Copacabana to the historic center - 20 reais.

Before taxi ride starts, make sure that the driver resets the counter and it displayed the number 1, if you go during the day or the number 2 if you are traveling in a taxi at night, on holidays and weekends. Since taxi drivers are reluctant to give change, then it is advisable to stock up before a trip with small money, and because the acceptance of credit cards - this is very rare, when a need to have enough cash.

Despite the well-developed bus network in Rio, in some cases easier to get to your destination by taxi.