The Mirror was allowed into some of the most iconic buildings in the park including the broadcast area and the basketball arena.

The clear winner in the beauty stakes is the Aquatics Centre, with vast awnings covered by artist Adriana Varejão. Inside though, it’s a business-like space where that Michael Phelps will be aiming to add to his 22-strong Olympic haul. The 15,000 seats are in place, the pool is filled with water. Even the starting blocks are in place.

The Aquatics Centre is one of the most stunning venues in Rio

There are 15 different stadiums in the park, and the final one - the velodrome - was only finished last week.

All have had test events and whilst there are enough snagging details to give a house builder nightmares, including toilets that need to be finished and plastering pipework, the important details should be in place.

“The Olympic Games are the biggest logistical challenge you can have in times of peace,” Adriana Garcia of the Rio 2016 Organising Committee told me.

The Basketball Arena is almost ready for use this summer

The disabled viewing section from inside the Basketball Arena

Balanced against that is the fact that this Games is being held in one of the most laid-back, fun-loving cities in the world.

“In Rio, we know how party,” she added. The Opening Ceremony is being kept a closely-held secret but 12,000 samba dancers are limbering up, directed by Fernando Meirelles who made the film City of God.

Rio may know how to throw a carnival but the biggest question is whether its infrastructure is going to work; Brazil’s current economic woes - including corruption and an economic crisis, as well as the zika virus - make Britain’s problems seem like a walk in that pristine Olympic Park.

The Aquatics Centre from the outside

This building will house handball but will be reconstructed to build five schools after the Games

Above all, it’s touch and go as to whether the Metro - which aims to ferry spectators to the Olympic Park in a matter of minutes from Rio’s centre - officials are very tight-lipped when you ask them.

In the meantime, high vis jackets are highly visible in Rio, with road works, scaffolding and the sound of power drills.

Over 70 per cent of the tickets have been sold, although you won’t find many spare seats at beach volleyball, which will be held on iconic Copacabana Beach.

A view of the Olympic site in Rio

You can now buy tickets - which start at 40 reals - on the www.rio2016.com website, with no need to buy accommodation packages. Airbnb - an official Olympics partner - has around 20,000 rooms still available.

If you can’t find the money for the airfare, and didn’t find the time to put in the training to become the new Tom Daley, there is a way to experience it all.

Google Street View will be going inside the stadia and even up to the 10-meter diving board Tom will be somersaulting off so we’ll all be able to see how it feels. The perfect way to dive into Rio?