at a glance |
in this area there are several important buildings and places to visit like the paço imperial, the maurá praça, the carioca praça, the public walkway, the historical national museum, the national museum of fine arts, the saint benedict monastery, the carmo church, and the library real gabinete português de leitura. moving northward past this region, several areas are open to exploration, each offering its own wonders. the saúde neighborhood is home to the mauá praça, the kalesa cabaret or the conceição hill. then there's gamboa, once the home of the 'carioca' aristocracy and now very intimately connected with industrial activities and which presents several important colonial and imperial era façades and the impressive cemetery of the englishmen. |
catumbi | |||
attractions | centro | ||||
beaches | cidade nova | ||||
sports | estácio | ||||
entertainment | fátima | ||||
music | gamboa | ||||
nightlife | lapa | ||||
restaurants | paquetá | ||||
shopping | rio comprido | ||||
etiquette | saara | ||||
carnival | santa teresa | ||||
réveillon | santo cristo | ||||
accommodations | zona norte | saúde | |||
transport | zona oeste | favelas | |||
safety | zona central | rio map | |||
extras | zona sul | main bairros | |||
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