at a glance

the bicycle path, which crosses much of rio de janeiro has a prominent route circling around the lagoon's perimeter. there also several piers for small boats, some of which belong to sport clubs. the lagoon features two islands, piraquê, to the north, home of the naval club sports department, and caiçaras  to the south, which houses the clube dos caiçaras.

published by ayrton, this page displays a zoomable 360-degree panoramic picture of lagoa. published by the project lagoa limpa, the webpage on this link shows a cool animation of how the lagoon evolved during the last 1000 years, and clearly shows ipanema beach right across from it, the statue of christ on corcovado, the sugar loaf in the far back, and the hippodrome in gávea.