Updated on October 16, 2009
Rio de Janeiro went for six years without a New Year's party on Sugarloaf. In 2006, the fun started again. Réveillon on Sugarloaf is an all-night party which lays Rio's best fireworks displays at your feet.
There are two kinds of tickets. Either way, the party starts with a dinner and ends with breakfast early on New Year's Day. Dinner includes a cold cut and cheese buffet, the main dinner with several main course options and different kinds of dessert. There's an open bar, shows and dance clubs.
What makes the VIP ticket different is the access to the top of Sugarloaf for the fireworks in an exclusive area and the fact that tables can be reserved for the main attractions.
The top of Sugarloaf affords a 360-degree view of Guanabara Bay. You can see the fireworks of New Year's Eve celebrations in Copacabana - the most impressive in Rio - from this vantage point.
View a daytime Sugarloaf panorama by Ayrton Camargo on Rio 360.
On Morro da Urca, revelers can view fireworks in Niterói, across Guanabara Bay (this year, the City of Rio de Janeiro hasn't announced fireworks on Flamengo beach). Bay views are fantastic.
The main musical attractions in Réveillon on Sugarloaf 2010 are going to be a samba school's drum section (to be announced), Soul de Quem Quiser and DJs at the Sugarloaf discos.
Soul de Quem Quiser is a Rio de Janeiro band which plays soul, rock and pop music from the 1960s on.
There will be four menus at Réveillon on Sugarloaf 2010: a cocktail-style service menu on Sugarloaf Mountain and Morro da Urca and two more menus on Morro da Urca.
The cocktail-service menu will include treats such as mini olive ramequins, chester and sage rolls, meat balls, pear and gorgonzolla phyllo pastries, and mini quiches.
Morro da Urca will have a cold buffet with 18 dishes, including roast beef, foie gras, cold cuts, brioches, wraps and cheese platters.
The New Year's Eve supper will feature six hot dishes, three sides and four desserts. Hot dishes will include a filet emincé in red wine and mushrooms, farfalle a la putanesca, farofa and rice. For dessert, two kinds of pie, soft brigadeiro and beijinho, a coconut sweet.
Tickets range from R$360 to R$750 for adults, (check the daily dollar-real exchange rate), with lower prices for women and children. There's no minimal age limit for children, even though this is mainly an event for grown-ups.
Tickets are sold online, but as of this writing, a Brazilian document is being required for purchase. Contact reveillon@bondinho.com.br for information about purchases from abroad.
