Sunset at Arpoador's rock certainly offers one of the most breath-taking and idyllic sunsets in rio de janeiro.

On a clear day, as afternoon begins its first crawl into night, crowds of residents and visitors amble along Ipanema beach towards the great Rock.

People of all ages can be seen walking along the beach and climbing the rock - The ascent takes around 10 minutes and is quite easy.

From the top of the Rock, to the right, lies the famous vista of arpoador and ipanema beaches and just next to it, climbing and sprawling up the mountain face is the community of vidigal, which lights up as the sky grows dark.