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Things to do in Rio de Janeiro

Ride the Corcovado Train up to Christ the Redeemer, take the cable cars up Sugarloaf, then spend afternoons on Copacabana and Ipanema and evenings in Lapa.

19 sights

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Viewpoint

Arpoador

Rocky point between Copacabana and Ipanema where crowds gather to watch the sunset over the sea.Entry: Free to visitSearch tours on Tiqets
Food

Bar Lagoa

Art deco bar and restaurant opened in 1934 on the lagoon, facing Christ the Redeemer.Entry: Pay as you go
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Christ the Redeemer

The 30 m statue inaugurated in 1931 on Corcovado, with views over the whole city.Entry: Book a train timeSearch tickets and tours on Tiqets
Food

Confeitaria Colombo

Tearoom opened in 1894, with art nouveau rooms, Antwerp mirrors and more than 60 confections.Entry: Pay as you go. Closed Sundays
Beach

Copacabana Beach

With Leme, about 4 km of sand along Avenida Atlântica and its wave-patterned stone boardwalk.Entry: Free to visitSearch tours on Tiqets
Beach

Ipanema Beach

The 2 km beach between Arpoador and Jardim de Alá made famous by The Girl from Ipanema.Entry: Free to visitSearch tours on Tiqets
Food

Jobi, Leblon

One of the South Zone's most traditional bars, serving draft beer in Baixo Leblon since 1956.Entry: Pay as you go
Food

Lapa and the Lapa Arches

Bohemian district of bars and samba halls around the 42 arches of the old Carioca Aqueduct.Entry: Pay as you go
Food

Mureta da Urca

Bayside wall in Urca where people eat bar snacks, including from Bar Urca (since 1939), at sunset.Entry: Pay as you go
Food

Pavão Azul

Copacabana bar two blocks from the beach, with home-style lunch plates and evening snacks.Entry: Pay as you go
Neighborhood

Praça Mauá

Port-district square flanked by the Rio Art Museum, the Museum of Tomorrow and the A Noite building.Entry: Free to visit
Nature

Rio de Janeiro Botanical Garden

Garden founded in 1808 with orchid and bromeliad houses and a Japanese garden from 1935.Entry: Buy at the gate or onlineSearch tickets and tours on Tiqets
Nature

Rodrigo de Freitas Lagoon

A lagoon ringed by an 8 km walking and cycling path, with kiosks selling coconut water.Entry: Free to visitSearch tours on Tiqets
Museum

Royal Portuguese Reading Room

Library founded in 1837 whose reading hall holds 350,000 titles by Portuguese authors.Entry: R$[fee]; open on weekdays. Closed Saturdays and SundaysSearch tickets and tours on Tiqets
Neighborhood

Santa Teresa

Hilltop neighborhood of 19th-century mansions, stairways and artists above downtown Rio.Entry: Free to visit
Viewpoint

Selarón Steps

A stairway between Lapa and Santa Teresa covered in tiles by the artist Jorge Selarón from 1990.Entry: Free to visitSearch tours on Tiqets
Viewpoint

Sugarloaf Mountain cable car

Brazil's first cable car, opened in 1912, rising from Praia Vermelha to the top of Sugarloaf.Entry: R$[fee]; buy at the station or onlineSearch tickets and tours on Tiqets
Museum

Theatro Municipal

Rio's grand 1909 opera house, modeled on the Paris Opera and topped by a gilded eagle.Entry: Guided tours, R$[fee]Search tickets and tours on Tiqets
Viewpoint

Urca Hill (Morro da Urca)

The first cable car stop, a lower summit with views over Botafogo and Guanabara Bay.Entry: Included in the cable car ticketSearch tickets and tours on Tiqets

See them in a day-by-day plan

[Photo: Rio de Janeiro]
Rio de Janeiro in 3 daysConfeitaria Colombo, Selarón Steps, Santa Teresa, Lapa, Christ the Redeemer, Botanical Garden, Arpoador, Copacabana, Sugarloaf3 days, BrazilBalanced pace