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Things to do and places to go in Rio

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    10 Apr-21 May The Flamengo branch of Oi Futuro hosts a brand new photographic exhibition this month in the form of 'Raiz', by celebrated... More details
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    14-21 May Ten years since its inception, National Museum Week returns with a host of special events to entice Rio's culture vultures and... More details
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    8 Mar-17 Jun His couple kissing in a Paris street may have become a classic, but, as this exhibition of over 150 images shows, there is far... More details
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    10 Mar-17 Jun A retrospective that comes to Brazil by way of Switzerland, Paris, Moscow and Toronto, Tutto Fellini is a painstakingly put... More details
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    26 Mar-30 Sep Extensive renovations can bury the history of a place, but they can also unearth it. This is what has happened during work to... More details
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    10 Apr-21 May The Flamengo branch of Oi Futuro hosts a brand new photographic exhibition this month in the form of 'Raiz', by celebrated... More details
  • (Around Town)

    14-21 May Ten years since its inception, National Museum Week returns with a host of special events to entice Rio's culture vultures and... More details
  • (Around Town)

    8 Mar-17 Jun His couple kissing in a Paris street may have become a classic, but, as this exhibition of over 150 images shows, there is far... More details
  • (Around Town)

    10 Mar-17 Jun A retrospective that comes to Brazil by way of Switzerland, Paris, Moscow and Toronto, Tutto Fellini is a painstakingly put... More details
  • (Around Town)

    26 Mar-30 Sep Extensive renovations can bury the history of a place, but they can also unearth it. This is what has happened during work to... More details
  • (Around Town)

    10 Apr-21 May The Flamengo branch of Oi Futuro hosts a brand new photographic exhibition this month in the form of 'Raiz', by celebrated... More details
  • (Around Town)

    14-21 May Ten years since its inception, National Museum Week returns with a host of special events to entice Rio's culture vultures and... More details
  • (Around Town)

    8 Mar-17 Jun His couple kissing in a Paris street may have become a classic, but, as this exhibition of over 150 images shows, there is far... More details
  • (Around Town)

    10 Mar-17 Jun A retrospective that comes to Brazil by way of Switzerland, Paris, Moscow and Toronto, Tutto Fellini is a painstakingly put... More details
  • (Around Town)

    26 Mar-30 Sep Extensive renovations can bury the history of a place, but they can also unearth it. This is what has happened during work to... More details
  • (Around Town)

    14-21 May Ten years since its inception, National Museum Week returns with a host of special events to entice Rio's culture vultures and... More details
  • (Around Town)

    10 Apr-21 May The Flamengo branch of Oi Futuro hosts a brand new photographic exhibition this month in the form of 'Raiz', by celebrated... More details
  • (Around Town)

    8 Mar-17 Jun His couple kissing in a Paris street may have become a classic, but, as this exhibition of over 150 images shows, there is far... More details
  • (Around Town)

    10 Mar-17 Jun A retrospective that comes to Brazil by way of Switzerland, Paris, Moscow and Toronto, Tutto Fellini is a painstakingly put... More details
  • (Around Town)

    26 Mar-30 Sep Extensive renovations can bury the history of a place, but they can also unearth it. This is what has happened during work to... More details
  • (Around Town)

    8 Mar-17 Jun His couple kissing in a Paris street may have become a classic, but, as this exhibition of over 150 images shows, there is far... More details
  • (Around Town)

    10 Mar-17 Jun A retrospective that comes to Brazil by way of Switzerland, Paris, Moscow and Toronto, Tutto Fellini is a painstakingly put... More details
  • (Around Town)

    26 Mar-30 Sep Extensive renovations can bury the history of a place, but they can also unearth it. This is what has happened during work to... More details
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    3 Apr- 3 Jun Before Jorginho de Carvalho, illuminating theatrical stages was seen as a job any old electrician could do. The stage lighting... More details
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    25 Apr-30 Jun Celebrated French photographer Yann Arthus-Bertrand exhibits a remarkable collection of images in Cinelândia's Praça... More details
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    8 Mar-17 Jun His couple kissing in a Paris street may have become a classic, but, as this exhibition of over 150 images shows, there is far... More details
  • (Around Town)

    10 Mar-17 Jun A retrospective that comes to Brazil by way of Switzerland, Paris, Moscow and Toronto, Tutto Fellini is a painstakingly put... More details
  • (Around Town)

    26 Mar-30 Sep Extensive renovations can bury the history of a place, but they can also unearth it. This is what has happened during work to... More details
  • (Around Town)

    3 Apr- 3 Jun Before Jorginho de Carvalho, illuminating theatrical stages was seen as a job any old electrician could do. The stage lighting... More details
  • (Around Town)

    25 Apr-30 Jun Celebrated French photographer Yann Arthus-Bertrand exhibits a remarkable collection of images in Cinelândia's Praça... More details
  • (Around Town)

    8 Mar-17 Jun His couple kissing in a Paris street may have become a classic, but, as this exhibition of over 150 images shows, there is far... More details
  • (Around Town)

    10 Mar-17 Jun A retrospective that comes to Brazil by way of Switzerland, Paris, Moscow and Toronto, Tutto Fellini is a painstakingly put... More details
  • (Around Town)

    26 Mar-30 Sep Extensive renovations can bury the history of a place, but they can also unearth it. This is what has happened during work to... More details
  • (Around Town)

    3 Apr- 3 Jun Before Jorginho de Carvalho, illuminating theatrical stages was seen as a job any old electrician could do. The stage lighting... More details
  • (Around Town)

    25 Apr-30 Jun Celebrated French photographer Yann Arthus-Bertrand exhibits a remarkable collection of images in Cinelândia's Praça... More details

Editor's picks: trails

Paineiras

Cherished retreat of in-the-know cariocas

Parque da Catacumba

Sculpture park and adventure centre in one

Pedra da Gávea

Climb the largest coastal monolith in the world

Kid's stuff

Parque Lage

Wonderful gardens and an aquarium to explore

Lagoa Aventuras

Tree-top canopy trails and ziplines by the lake

Cinematerna

For movie-loving mums with kids upto 18 months

Pick of the beaches

Prainha

The wild beach is a wave rider's paradise

Flamengo beach

A real urban beach onto grubby Guanabara Bay

Barra beach

One of the longest stretches of sand in Rio

Neighbourhood Guides

  • Santa Teresa
    Santa Teresa

    The bohemian capital of Rio, from up here the beach is a distant memory and bars, cafés and artists fill the cobbled streets, all overlooked by some stunning architecture

  • Laranjeiras
    Laranjeiras

    Wedged between the hills of Santa Teresa and Botafogo, Laranjeiras is one of the smaller, more residential neighbourhoods in Rio, but its charms are plenty

  • Tijuca
    Tijuca

    Take a break from Zona Sul and experience all that is magical about this traditional carioca neighbourhood, from its famous rainforest to the constant beat of its samba halls

Cafés

D.R.I Café Ipanema

Quietly cultured courtyard cuppa

Restaurants

Top 5 for sushi

The best Japanese restaurants in town

Art

Selarón Staircase

The result of two decades of back-breaking work


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