at a glance

many buses going through ipanema and copacabana reach urca (the destination is easily seen on the front of the bus), but stop about 200 meters away from the actual beach.

also, directly from the  botafogo metrô station the bus 513 can be taken reaching urca via avenida pasteur.

this link shows praia vermelha (red beach) on a wikimapia - the link as we present it is best seen using google chrome, as it might not open correctly with other browsers.