5-8 pm: Waiting for Sunset - Atop Sugar Loaf mountain (păo de açúcar) one can remain until sunset, perhaps indulging in a refreshing beverage at the restaurant to help wash down the sights. As light descends, the sparkling lights of the city's main neighborhoods and favelas populate the settling darkness, investing the city with twilight splendor. The sun makes its descent across the sky and a beautiful spectrum of colors fill the night sky, bathing the diverse, tumultuous landscape of the unique city in a magnificent glow. this is absolutely something to experience while in rio, as the changing of the lighting is truly an unforgettable spectacle.
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