at a glance

although the neighborhood covers a comparatively large area and is filled with several interesting sites, the two main recreational and social locals are the popular public squares praça saens peña and praça varnhagen.

the praça saens peña represents one of the greatest clusters of bars, restaurants, stores and movie theaters in the city, the praça varnhagen is located a little further north and is similar in character, although slightly smaller in size, it accounts for places like the sókana bar and the grill place estrela do sul.

tijuca is home to several impressive churches, including the são francisco xavier and the são sebastião dos capuchinhos, which are two of the most relevant ones - furthermore, the neighborhood is one of the main accesses to the tijuca national forest, one of the largest urban woodlands in the world.