one of the most beautiful and famous parks in rio de janeiro, the aterro do flamengo is a park covering about 300 acres of beautiful urban space, providing a welcome contrast the confines of the city - spread out between the neighborhoods of botafogo, f lamengo, and glória, this park becomes even bigger on sundays and holidays, when the avenue that runs through it gets closed to traffic.

at this time, the area gets crowded with runners, sport enthusiasts, and families, utilizing the space to enjoy some freetime outdoors - quadracycles are available for rent and are popular for recreation.

on this page we posted more information on flamengo park, and for those interested in learning more about the districts of botafogo, flamengo, glória, we have more detailed information in our neighborhoods section.