Copacabana

Worth seeing in and around Copacabana

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   Christ the Redeemer

   Christ the Redeemer is an Art Deco statue of Jesus in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, created by French-Polish sculptor Paul Landowski and built by Brazilian engineer Heitor da Silva Costa, in collaboration with French engineer Albert Caquot and Romanian sculptor Gheorghe Leonida who sculpted the face. Constructed between 1922 and 1931, the statue is 30 metres high, excluding its 8-metre pedestal, and faces east.

   3.2 km · colossal statue of Jesus in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Corcovado

   Corcovado is a mountain in central Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is a 710-metre granite peak located in the Tijuca Forest, a national park.

   3.2 km · mountain in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, known for the Christ Statue · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Fort Copacabana

   Fort Copacabana is a military base at the south end of the beach that defines the district of Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The base is open to the public and contains the Museu Histórico do Exército and a coastal defense fort that is the actual Fort Copacabana.

   1.9 km · military building in Rio de Janeiro · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Rio de Janeiro Botanical Garden

   The Rio de Janeiro Botanical Garden or Jardim Botânico is located at the Jardim Botânico district in the South Zone of Rio de Janeiro. The Botanical Garden shows the diversity of Brazilian and foreign flora.

   3.9 km · park of the Botanical Garden, environmental preservation area of the Rio de Janeiro state in Brazil · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro

   The Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro is a Jesuit, Catholic, pontifical university in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is the joint responsibility of the Catholic Archdiocese of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro and the Society of Jesus.

   5 km · university in Rio de Janeiro · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Flamengo Park

   Flamengo Park, also known as Aterro do Flamengo, Eduardo Gomes Park, and Aterro do Brigadeiro Eduardo Gomes, is the largest public park and recreation area within the city of Rio de Janeiro, in eastern Brazil, and the largest urban seaside park in the world. [1] The park is located along Guanabara Bay, in the Flamengo neighborhood of the city, between Downtown Rio and Copacabana.

   5.6 km · largest public park and recreation area in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Estádio das Laranjeiras

   Estádio de Laranjeiras, officially named Estádio Manoel Schwartz is a historic football stadium in Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil. The stadium currently holds 6,000 spectators but, due to its reduced capacity and a lack of safety permits, has not hosted professional football matches since 2003.

   3.6 km · Stadium das Laranjeiras · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Instituto Nacional de Matemática Pura e Aplicada

   The Instituto Nacional de Matemática Pura e Aplicada is considered to be the foremost research and educational institution of Brazil in the area of mathematics. It is located in the city of Rio de Janeiro, and was formerly known simply as Instituto de Matemática Pura e Aplicada, whose abbreviation remains in use.

   5.4 km · Brazil's National Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Parque Lage

   Parque Henrique Lage, known as Parque Lage, is a public park in the city of Rio de Janeiro, located in the Jardim Botânico neighborhood at the foot of the Corcovado, on top of which Christ the Redeemer is located. Antonio Martins Lage, who was married to Felicité Clarisse de Labourdonnay, daughter of the Count of Labourdonnay, purchased the property in the early 1830s.

   2.9 km · park in Zona Sul, Brazil · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Catete Palace

    The Catete Palace is an urban mansion in the Flamengo neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The property stretches from Rua do Catete to Praia do Flamengo.

    4.9 km · palace in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil · Wikipedia

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Getting to Copacabana

Airports

Santos Dumont (SDU), 7 km · Rio de Janeiro Galeão – Tom Jobim (GIG), 19 km

Stations

General Osório/Ipanema Station, 2.1 km · Largo do Machado, 4.3 km · Flamengo, 3.6 km · Cantagalo Station, 1.2 km · Cardeal Arcoverde, 800 m

• São Paulo → Copacabana

  358 km · quickest by air, 4h 31m · R$340–520
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• Belo Horizonte → Copacabana

  348 km · quickest by air, 5h 3m · R$350–540
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• Campinas → Copacabana

  397 km · quickest by air, 4h 21m · R$330–510
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