at a glance

more places of interest are the parque do flamengo, parque lage, and the vista chinesa in the parque national da tijuca - zona sul is also known for its great shopping malls which include shopping leblon, shopping da gávea, shopping rio sul, botafogo praia shopping and são conrado fashion mall.

perhaps most famous among all shopping locations is the hippie fair, alively weekly event taking place in ipanema every sunday where original and unique arts and crafts can be found - in ipanema, visconde de pirajá is the main shopping street, and in leblon it is ataulfo de paiva.

the corners around praça nossa senhora da paz in ipanema are concentrated with fashion shops and garcia d'ávila is known as diamond row.