at a glance

cesário de melo avenue comes from the east, and links santa cruz to the central areas of rio - rua visconde de sepetiba goes all the way to the west coast, in fact finishing the line formed by cesário de melo avenue.

felipe cardoso street goes to the north, and the stone road to the south. this last venue includes an important bus station, located within the curral falso region.

in terms of area, curral falso is actually rather small - in contains the santa cruz square, which is located within the cesarão square, being the very center of the larger neighborhood.