rio de janeiro has many public parks and gardens, and many of them were the product of the inspiration of brazil's former emperor, dom pedro i (peter i).

perhaps one of the grandest and most historic of all of the city's parks is the quinta da boa vista (pleasant view garden) - a. unique mix between a city park and a garden.

covering an area of over 500 thousand square meters, the popular garden park is in the city of rio's zona nortein what is now the são cristóvão  district.