at a glance

an interesting example of this is the ilha do governador (governor's island), which includes the neighborhood of jardim guanabara with attractions as diverse as the bica's beach, the marcello do ipanema park and the culture house elbe de holanda.

southward there's the cacuia presenting the heavily forested matoso hill, and to the north there's the galeão neighborhood which gives access to the antónio carlos jobim airport, the most important airport in rio de janeiro - on the continental coast the diversity is even greater, são cristóvão hosts the historic fair of northeastern music and food, and the city zoo (jardim zoológico).

the neighborhood maracanã is home to the renowned stadium estádio jornalista mário filho, commonly referred to as the ' maracanã '.