Rocinha

Worth seeing in and around Rocinha

5 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
   Pedra da Gávea

   Pedra da Gávea is a monolithic mountain in Tijuca Forest, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Composed of granite and gneiss, its elevation is 844 metres, making it one of the highest mountains in the world that ends directly in the ocean.

   3.8 km · mountain in Brazil · Wikipedia
2. 02
   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.

   3.4 km · park of the Botanical Garden, environmental preservation area of the Rio de Janeiro state in Brazil · Wikipedia
3. 03
   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.

   1.9 km · university in Rio de Janeiro · Wikipedia
4. 04
   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.

   2.8 km · Brazil's National Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Estádio da Gávea

   The Estádio da Gávea, also known as Estádio José Bastos Padilha, is a football stadium, inaugurated on September 4, 1938, in the Lagoa neighborhood, of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It has a maximum capacity of 4,000 spectators, and is the home ground of Flamengo, its owner.

   3 km · Brazilian football stadium · Wikipedia

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Getting to Rocinha

Airports

Santos Dumont (SDU), 12 km · Rio de Janeiro Galeão – Tom Jobim (GIG), 20 km

Stations

Antero de Quental, 2.6 km · Jardim de Alah / Leblon, 3.5 km

• São Paulo → Rocinha

  351 km · quickest by air, 4h 47m · R$360–560
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• Belo Horizonte → Rocinha

  349 km · quickest by air, 5h 19m · R$370–570
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• Campinas → Rocinha

  16 km · quickest by road, 37 min · R$5–7
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