Guidebook for Rio
Food Scene
R. Santa Cristina, 15
The best pizza in the city, a very simple and cheap place!
Great food, perfect ambience, you have dinner in a very nice patio under the trees! And a very good pression beer!
21 locals recommend
Rústico
121 Rua Paschoal Carlos MagnoGreat food, perfect ambience, you have dinner in a very nice patio under the trees! And a very good pression beer!
The best revisited brasilian food, in a very nice place. But they are at Largo dos Guimarães, not here!!
88 locals recommend
Café do Alto
143 Rua Paschoal Carlos MagnoThe best revisited brasilian food, in a very nice place. But they are at Largo dos Guimarães, not here!!
The BEST sandwich in the city, open dayly up to 4am except mondays. You MUST try!!
348 locals recommend
Restaurante Cervantes
335 Av. Prado JúniorThe BEST sandwich in the city, open dayly up to 4am except mondays. You MUST try!!
Restaurante BRASEIRO DA GÁVEA - appears in local guides as the best cheap restaurant in the city, and it certainlly is! If you like meat, try the Picanha. But ask just one portion for 2 or 3 persons!
36 locals recommend
Praça Santos Dumont
Praça Santos DumontRestaurante BRASEIRO DA GÁVEA - appears in local guides as the best cheap restaurant in the city, and it certainlly is! If you like meat, try the Picanha. But ask just one portion for 2 or 3 persons!
Drinks & Nightlife
Bar do Mineiro
99 Rua Paschoal Carlos MagnoMust try "Pastel de Feijoada" here!
Açai, you must try this! A very simple trailler, very cheap place, but it's the best Açai I know in the city. Open at night, about 6-11pm.
R. Pedro Américo, 891
Açai, you must try this! A very simple trailler, very cheap place, but it's the best Açai I know in the city. Open at night, about 6-11pm.
A trade mark of Rio, this hotel was built over the sand when Copacabana was just a far beach. You can try the bar near the pool, called Pérgola, just to feel the ambience!
204 locals recommend
Copacabana Palace, A Belmond Hotel, Rio de Janeiro
1702 Av. AtlânticaA trade mark of Rio, this hotel was built over the sand when Copacabana was just a far beach. You can try the bar near the pool, called Pérgola, just to feel the ambience!
Night Life! The most bohemian lace in the city, 20 minutes walking from here!
876 locals recommend
Lapa
Night Life! The most bohemian lace in the city, 20 minutes walking from here!
Sightseeing
The best view of the city! Incredible place at anytime, but try the twilight!
132 locals recommend
Mirante Dona (Santa) Marta
S/N Estr. Mirante Dona MartaThe best view of the city! Incredible place at anytime, but try the twilight!
The most beaultiful monument in the city, for sure! Don't miss the underground!!
32 locals recommend
National Monument to the Dead of World War II
The most beaultiful monument in the city, for sure! Don't miss the underground!!
Modern Art Museum
85 Av. Infante Dom HenriqueGreat Architeture, nice exibitions
Theatro Municipal do Rio de Janeiro
S/N Praça FlorianoBeaultiful and historical neighboorhood
Our Lady of Monserrate of Rio de Janeiro
68 R. Dom GerardoWow!
BEaultiful place, beaultiful view, one of oldests churchs in the city
23 locals recommend
Hotel Gloria Rio
632 Rua do RusselBEaultiful place, beaultiful view, one of oldests churchs in the city
Colonial Building where the Royal Portuguese family lived when arrived in Rio in 1808 running from Napoleon. Modern Rio started here!
It works as a Cultural Center now, with nice art exibitions.
69 locals recommend
Imperial Palace Cultural Center
48 Praça Quinze de NovembroColonial Building where the Royal Portuguese family lived when arrived in Rio in 1808 running from Napoleon. Modern Rio started here!
It works as a Cultural Center now, with nice art exibitions.
Arpoador
One of most beaultiful sunsets in the city, over the rocks
Our house in the beach, also anounced here, perfect for surfing or just rest on the beach!
Av. Oceânica, 786
Our house in the beach, also anounced here, perfect for surfing or just rest on the beach!
Shopping
Saara
004 R. da AlfândegaPopular commerce in an historical neighboorhood
Arts & Culture
Cultural Centre, good exibitions, nice place
719 locals recommend
Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil - CCBB Rio de Janeiro
66 R. Primeiro de MarçoCultural Centre, good exibitions, nice place
Hippie Fair Crafts Market
Market on Sundays