vidigal is known as the chic and illustrious favela of Rio de Janeiro, due largely to a rapid and ongoing process of gentrification - the eclectic and sprawling architecture and social fabric of the community is becoming an ever-more attractive aesthetic, particularly for foreign investors.

For visitors wishing to take a graffiti city tour, the company rio street art tour specializes in showing some of rio de janeiro's best murals, and can be contacted via email on this link - on this page we publish some of the graffiti we documented around rio de janeiro, including works of art in copacabana, ipanema, botafogo, lapa, lagoa, jardim botânico, gávea, favelas, são cristóvão, centro, and urca