at a glance

very easy to reach yet unknown to many visitors, morro do pasmado is situated in a small, secluded park on rua bartolomeu portela in botafogo, and is one of the best spots to relax while gazing over rio de janeiro.

the parque yitzak rabin is located in a newly reforested area that was, at one time a favela the former occupants of the area were relocated to a housing development to facilitate the renewal project - the park, named after the late israeli prime minister and nobel peace price winner yitzhak rabin was inaugurated in 2002, with the presence of rabin`s late widow, leah rabin, and with a granite statue that reminds his life and assassination in israel.