niterói is the city right across the guanabara bay, that can be easily seen from flamengo beach and from copacabana beach.

while niterói is not part of rio de janeiro, given that it can be reached quickly from rio's zona sul, and because it has some remarkable beaches absolutely worth discovering, we included them in this section of the guide.

most of niterói's beaches are actually faster and easier to reach that some beaches in rio's zona oeste.