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Top Outdoor Activities in Rio de Janeiro

  1. Copacabana Beach
  2. Ipanema Beach
  3. Jardim Botânico (Rio de Janeiro Botanical Garden)
  4. Barra da Tijuca
  5. Sugar Loaf Mountain (Pao de Acucar)
  1. Teatro Municipal
  2. Tijuca National Park and Botanical Gardens
  3. Botanical Gardens
  4. Praia Velhelmo - Golden Beach
  5. Morro da Urca
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Copacabana Beach

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Quote: I had dreamed of walking Copacabana beach for 20 years and now I have done it. One more ticked off my list of ‘must see attractions’! Copacabana is an area in the southern part of Rio de Janeiro, known for its 4… Read More

Ipanema Beach

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Quote: You’re likely to find more than just one girl from Ipanema Beach. Heck, you’ll even see a few guys. Everything you’ve ever heard about this world-famous beach, popularized by Tom Jobim and Vinicius de Moraes’… Read More

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Sheraton Rio Hotel and Resort User Rating 4 out of 5 stars
Praia Ipanema User Rating 4 out of 5 stars
Copacabana Palace User Rating 4 out of 5 stars
Marina All Suites Hotel User Rating 4 out of 5 stars

Jardim Botânico (Rio de Janeiro Botanical Garden)

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Quote: This morning we headed to the Botanical Garden . Being an avid gardener , this was something I was really looking forward to.The one mile walk described by our hotel was in reality closer to 3 miles but none of… Read More

Barra da Tijuca

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Quote: The beach of Barra da Tijuca, known to locals simply as BARRA and pronounced like "Baja" or "ba-ha"extends for 18km/11mi with almost completely untouched stretches favored by surfers. This popular area and beach… Read More

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Sugar Loaf Mountain (Pao de Acucar)

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Teatro Municipal

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Quote: This is a beautiful building worth a tour in itself. Tickets are hard to come by, and the ticket office is almost impossible to find if you're not a local speaking fluent Portuguese! That said, it is a very nice… Read More

Tijuca National Park and Botanical Gardens

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Quote: Tijuca National Park is somewhere to the west and north of Rio, and a bit hard to figure out how to get to, initially. I remember taking the metro, and then taking a bus, but on the way back I found out there's a… Read More

Popular Hotels In Rio de Janeiro

Premier Copacabana Hotel User Rating 3 out of 5 stars
Porto Bay Rio Internacional User Rating 3 out of 5 stars
Sofitel Rio De Janeiro User Rating 3 out of 5 stars
Atlantis Copacabana Hotel User Rating 3 out of 5 stars

Botanical Gardens

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Quote: To enter Rio's Botanical Garden is to experience the ancient beauty of a Lost World. Enormous trees draped with Spanish moss like ghostly brides loom over every conceivable type of tropical plant. Khubla Khan… Read More

Praia Velhelmo - Golden Beach

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Quote: The best advice I can give about the Rio beaches is not to take anything -- everything will come to you. Whether you need sun oil, cans of Coke, or aromatic garlic prawns on a skewer, sooner or later a hawker… Read More

Morro da Urca

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Quote: This beach, opposite the beautiful Pão de Açúcar (sugarloaf mountain) is very much a local's beach. Prices are 1/4 of what they are in Copacabana for drinks and hotels, but with the cheap prices comes dirtier… Read More

Popular Hotels In Rio de Janeiro

InterContinental Rio User Rating 3 out of 5 stars
Plaza Copacabana Hotel User Rating 3 out of 5 stars
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