praia de samanguaiá is a two minute walk past the final bus stop.

alternatively, there is a boat that leaves praça xv every 30 minutes and reaches praia de charitas in 15 minutes, praia do preventório is just on the right of the dock in charitas.

praça xv is easily reachable via taxi in 15 minutes, or via several buses routing along copacabana and ipanema, including bus 354 - the metrô station estação carioca is about a 10 minute-walk away from praça xv.