the small pier with the taxi-boats connecting the main avenue to the islands is located behind a building near the barra point shopping center, on avenida armando lombardi, 350, barra da tijuca.

getting to this shopping center via taxi from the zona sul takes about 25 minutes and costs 40 reals approximately.

if going via bus from the zona sul, bus line 535 (alvorada - leme via avenida niemeyer) rides along rua barata ribeiro in copacabana and rua prudente de morais in ipanema.