anyone with a camera will be able to take truly beautiful photographs of the landscape, and on a good day with the right amount of wind there are a fair few paragliders to be admired in the distance.

art enthusiasts can get their fix while simultaneously taking in the sights by heading to the caminho neimeyer, a series of architectural visions by oscar niemeyer that stretches from the centro to the neighborhood of boa viagem and includes the mac (museu de arte contemporaneo, possibly niterói's most famous tourist attraction).