at a glance
today rua visconde de pirajá is one of ipanema's most famous streets - spanning ten blocks, parallel to the sea side and just minutes from both the beach and the lagoa, it is the neighborhood's main commercial strip dedicated to shoppers. the busy street features some of rio's best and most exclusive shops and boutiques, such as blue man, salinas, lenny, sobra, luís vuitton and the world headquarters of h. stern jewellers, as well as number of small malls such as top center and fórum ipanema.
