at a glance

located right at posto 8, in one of the best parts of ipanema, rua farme de amoedo received this name in 1917, as a tribute to a city medic of that period - one of the first streets to be developed in ipanema, it also became one of the first streets to gain fame in recent years.

i n the 1970's a pier located on the beach at posto 8, right across rua farme de amoedo, made the various bars on the street be the main after sunset hangout point for the many of the surfers and the diverse crowds that would typically gather at the pier to swim and socialize.