every year, over 22 million people visit this unique shopping place, conveniently located just north of copacabana beach, in the botafogo neighborhood- free buses from the beach and nearby hotels are available, and there is also a free bus that goes from cardeal arcoverde subway station to the mall and back.  from 10 am to 10 pm, monday to saturdays, and from 3 pm to 9 pm on sundays. 

located on rua lauro muller, 116 botafogo, rio sul can be reached via phone at 21 2212.8070, via email on this link, or directly on the official webpage.

as a bonus, just a few steps away from rio sul, a smaller shopping center called casa & gourmet shopping offers a few additional high-end stores for electronics and furniture, along with a few restaurants quite popular on weekends, such as the gourmet pizzaria fiammetta.

located across the under passage in front of shopping rio sul, on rua general severiano, 97 botafogo - they can be reached via phone at 21 2542.5693, via email on this link, or directly on the official webpage.