at a glance
the view gives participants an overview of the whole border of rio de janeiro, which incorporates the entire south and west zones of the city. included in this incredible view are the christ on corcovado, pedra bonita, the beaches of são conrado, ipanema, leblon, lagoa rodrigo de freitas, lagoa da tijuca, lagoa de marapendi, niterói, barra da tijuca, and the tijuca forest - which is why it is considered by some, as the best view in the entire city. on a clear day the other major peaks of rio de janeiro, like corcovado, pão de açúcar, morro dois irmãos, and pico da tijuca can also be seen with amazing detail. on this link we show pedra da gávea on a wikimapia - the link as we present it is best seen using google chrome, as it might not open at the right coordinates or zoom correctly with other browsers.
