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Rio de Janeiro itinerary

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  1. 1

    Christ the Redeemer - The Statue on Corcovado Mountain

    The most photographed of all things to do in Rio de Janeiro sits 710 metres up Corcovado mountain, arms open over the South Zone. Christ the Redeemer is 30 metres tall on an 8-metre pedestal, was finished in 1931, and…

    Address
    Rua Cosme Velho 513, Cosme Velho, Rio de Janeiro - RJ, 22241-090 (Trem do Corcovado station)
    Nearest transit
    Trem do Corcovado cog train from Cosme Velho; Largo do Machado station (Rio Metro Line 1) then the 583 bus or a 10-minute taxi to the station
  2. 2

    Sugarloaf Mountain - The Two-Stage Cable Car Over Guanabara Bay

    Sugarloaf Mountain, or Pao de Acucar, is a 396-metre granite plug at the mouth of Guanabara Bay. You reach it in two cable car stages from Praia Vermelha in Urca: first to Morro da Urca at 220 metres, then across to the…

    Address
    Avenida Pasteur 520, Urca, Rio de Janeiro - RJ, 22290-240
    Nearest transit
    Botafogo station (Rio Metro Lines 1 and 2), then the 107 or 513 bus to Praia Vermelha, about 15 minutes
  3. 3

    Copacabana Beach - Four Kilometres of Sand and the Wave Promenade

    Copacabana Beach runs roughly 4 km from the Leme end down to Forte de Copacabana, backed by Roberto Burle Marx's black-and-white wave paving along Avenida Atlantica. The sand is split by numbered lifeguard postos and…

    Address
    Avenida Atlantica 2900, Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro - RJ, 22070-000
    Nearest transit
    Cardeal Arcoverde, Siqueira Campos or Cantagalo stations (Rio Metro Line 1), each about a 5-minute walk to the sand
  4. 4

    Ipanema Beach and Arpoador - The Sunset Rock at the End of the Sand

    Ipanema picks up where Copacabana leaves off, on the far side of the Arpoador headland. The mood is calmer, the water is often clearer, and the postos again mark the tribes: Posto 9 for the young crowd, Posto 8 at Rua…

    Address
    Avenida Vieira Souto 176, Ipanema, Rio de Janeiro - RJ, 22420-002
    Nearest transit
    General Osorio station (Rio Metro Lines 1 and 4), a 6-minute walk to Posto 9; Arpoador is 10 minutes further east on foot
  5. 5

    Escadaria Selaron - The Tiled Staircase Between Lapa and Santa Teresa

    Escadaria Selaron is a 125-step staircase climbing from Rua Joaquim Silva in Lapa toward Santa Teresa, covered in more than 2,000 ceramic tiles. The Chilean artist Jorge Selaron started tiling the steps outside his…

    Address
    Rua Joaquim Silva 45, Lapa, Rio de Janeiro - RJ, 20241-110
    Nearest transit
    Cinelandia station (Rio Metro Lines 1 and 2), a 10-minute walk; or VLT tram Line 1 to Carioca and 12 minutes on foot
  6. 6

    Santa Teresa and the Bondinho - The Hill Neighbourhood and Its Yellow Tram

    Santa Teresa sits on a hill above Lapa - cobbled lanes, colonial houses, artist studios and small restaurants clustered around Largo do Guimaraes and Largo das Neves. The way to arrive is the bonde, the yellow…

    Address
    Rua Lelio Gama 65, Centro, Rio de Janeiro - RJ, 20031-201 (Estacao Carioca, Bonde de Santa Teresa)
    Nearest transit
    Carioca station (Rio Metro Lines 1 and 2), 3-minute walk to the tram terminus; VLT tram Line 1 also stops at Carioca
  7. 7

    Tijuca National Park - The Urban Rainforest Above the City

    Tijuca National Park covers roughly 40 square kilometres of Atlantic forest inside the city limits, one of the largest urban forests anywhere. Most of it was replanted by hand from 1861 onward after coffee clearing…

    Address
    Estrada da Cascatinha 850, Alto da Boa Vista, Rio de Janeiro - RJ, 20531-590 (Praca Afonso Viseu entrance)
    Nearest transit
    No metro access - Saens Pena station (Rio Metro Line 1), then the 301 bus or a 20-minute taxi to the Alto da Boa Vista gate
  8. 8

    Museu do Amanha and Praca Maua - The Rebuilt Port District

    Museu do Amanha, the Museum of Tomorrow, opened in 2015 on a pier at Praca Maua as the centrepiece of the port regeneration. Santiago Calatrava designed it: a 75-metre cantilever over the water, solar spines that track…

    Address
    Praca Maua 1, Centro, Rio de Janeiro - RJ, 20081-240
    Nearest transit
    VLT tram Lines 1 and 2 to Parada dos Museus, directly outside; Uruguaiana station (Rio Metro Lines 1 and 2) is a 15-minute walk
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    Lapa and the Arcos da Lapa - The Aqueduct Arches and the Streets Below

    The Arcos da Lapa are the 18th-century aqueduct that defines the neighbourhood: 42 arches, 270 metres long, 17.6 metres high, completed in 1750 to carry water from the Carioca river into the city. Water stopped running…

    Address
    Avenida Mem de Sa 1, Lapa, Rio de Janeiro - RJ, 20230-152
    Nearest transit
    Cinelandia station (Rio Metro Lines 1 and 2), 8-minute walk; VLT tram Line 1 also stops at Cinelandia
  10. 10

    Jardim Botanico - The 1808 Botanical Garden Under Corcovado

    The Jardim Botanico was laid out in 1808 under Dom Joao VI and now holds about 6,500 species across 54 hectares at the foot of Corcovado. Its signature is the Avenida das Palmeiras Imperiais, a double row of imperial…

    Address
    Rua Jardim Botanico 1008, Jardim Botanico, Rio de Janeiro - RJ, 22470-180
    Nearest transit
    Jardim de Alah station (Rio Metro Line 4) then the 309 bus, about 12 minutes; or Botafogo station (Lines 1 and 2) and a 15-minute taxi

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