Directory
Every published place, searchable. Category pages stay short; this list is the full inventory.
Drink
Adega Pérola
Copacabana
Adega Pérola is in Copacabana, a transit ride from the studio.
Arco Íris da Lapa
Lapa
Arco Íris da Lapa is in Lapa, about 5 minutes on foot from the studio.
Armazém Senado
Lapa
Armazém Senado is in Lapa, about 5 minutes on foot from the studio.
Bafo da Prainha
Saúde
Bafo da Prainha is in Saúde, about 20 minutes on foot from the studio.
Bar da Lapa
Lapa
Bar da Lapa is in Lapa, about 5 minutes on foot from the studio.
Bar do Augusto
Lapa
Bar do Augusto is in Lapa, about 5 minutes on foot from the studio.
Bar Urca
Urca
Bar Urca is in Urca, a transit ride from the studio.
Belmonte
Lapa
Belmonte is in Lapa, about 5 minutes on foot from the studio.
Café Cultural Sacrilégio
Lapa
Café Cultural Sacrilégio is in Lapa, about 5 minutes on foot from the studio.
Carioca da Gema
Lapa
Carioca da Gema is in Lapa, about 5 minutes on foot from the studio.
Casa da Cachaça
Lapa
Casa da Cachaça is in Lapa, about 5 minutes on foot from the studio.
La Esquina
Lapa
La Esquina is in Lapa, about 5 minutes on foot from the studio.
Labuta Bar
Centro
Labuta Bar is in Centro, about 5 minutes on foot from the studio.
Leviano Bar
Lapa
Leviano Bar is in Lapa, about 5 minutes on foot from the studio.
Paiol 08
Lapa
Paiol 08 is in Lapa, about 5 minutes on foot from the studio.
Rio Scenarium
Lapa
Rio Scenarium is in Lapa, about 5 minutes on foot from the studio.
Sarau Rio
Lapa
Sarau Rio is in Lapa, about 5 minutes on foot from the studio.
Eat
Adega Flor de Coimbra
Lapa
Adega Flor de Coimbra is in Lapa, about 10 minutes on foot from the studio.
Amarelinho
Centro
Amarelinho is in Centro, about 10 minutes on foot from the studio.
Angu do Gomes
Saúde
Angu do Gomes is a Saúde-neighborhood restaurant built around the dish that gives it its name, serving a menu of angu and its accompaniments on Rua Sacadura Cabral.
Bar do Mineiro
Santa Teresa
Bar do Mineiro is in Santa Teresa, about 15 minutes on foot from the studio.
Bistrô da Lapa
Lapa
Bistrô da Lapa is in Lapa, about 5 minutes on foot from the studio.
Casa Omolokum
Saúde
Casa Omolokum is in Saúde, about 20 minutes on foot from the studio.
Churrascaria Palace
Copacabana
Churrascaria Palace is in Copacabana, a transit ride from the studio.
Confeitaria Colombo
Centro
Confeitaria Colombo has served downtown Rio since 1894 and has been named one of the ten most beautiful cafés in the world.
Dida Bar e Restaurante
Lapa
Dida Bar e Restaurante is in Lapa, about 5 minutes on foot from the studio.
El Gebal
Centro
El Gebal is in Centro, about 10 minutes on foot from the studio.
Ernesto
Lapa
Ernesto is in Lapa, about 10 minutes on foot from the studio.
Fábrica de Bolo
Lapa
Fábrica de Bolo is in Lapa, about 5 minutes on foot from the studio.
Gohan
Lapa
Gohan is in Lapa, about 10 minutes on foot from the studio.
Lapa Café
Lapa
Lapa Café is in Lapa, about 5 minutes on foot from the studio.
Lilia
Lapa
Lilia is in Lapa, about 5 minutes on foot from the studio.
Majórica
Flamengo
Majórica is in Flamengo, a transit ride from the studio.
Nova Capela
Lapa
Nova Capela is in Lapa, about 5 minutes on foot from the studio.
Oteque
Botafogo
Oteque is in Botafogo, a transit ride from the studio.
Restaurante Árabe Sírio e Libanês
Centro
Restaurante Árabe Sírio e Libanês is in Centro, about 10 minutes on foot from the studio.
Restaurante Bar Brasil
Lapa
Restaurante Bar Brasil is in Lapa, about 5 minutes on foot from the studio.
Tacacá do Norte
Flamengo
Tacacá do Norte is in Flamengo, a transit ride from the studio.
Landmarks
Arcos da Lapa
Lapa
The Carioca Aqueduct, popularly known as Arcos da Lapa, is a striking 18th‑century stone structure that once carried water to Rio’s residents.
Cais do Valongo
Saúde
The Valongo Wharf was built in 1811 and served as the landing site for enslaved Africans until 1831, making it a UNESCO World Heritage site recognized in 2017.
Chafariz dos Jacarés
Centro
Chafariz dos Jacarés is in Centro, about 15 minutes on foot from the studio.
Copacabana Palace
Copacabana
The Copacabana Palace is a historic luxury hotel facing Copacabana beach, designed by French architect Joseph Gire and opened on August 13, 1923.
Escadaria Selarón
Lapa
The Escadaria Selarón is a world-famous flight of steps between the Lapa and Santa Teresa neighborhoods, entirely covered in ceramic tiles by the Chilean-born artist Jorge Selarón.
Lampadário Monumental da Lapa
Lapa
Lampadário Monumental da Lapa is in Lapa, about 10 minutes on foot from the studio.
Monumento aos Mortos da Segunda Guerra
Flamengo
The National Monument to the Dead of the Second World War, popularly known as Monumento aos Pracinhas, stands in Parque Eduardo Gomes.
Mosteiro de São Bento
Centro
The Mosteiro de São Bento is a Benedictine abbey on its own hill downtown, founded by monks who arrived from Bahia in 1590.
Mural Etnias
Saúde
Mural Etnias, titled "Todos somos um" (We are all one), is a 15-meter-tall, 170-meter-long panel painted by artist Eduardo Kobra on a former warehouse for the 2016 Olympics.
Parque Bondinho Pão de Açúcar
Urca
The Sugarloaf cable car has linked Praia Vermelha to Morro da Urca and the peak of Pão de Açúcar since its first stretch opened on October 27, 1912.
Pedra do Sal
Saúde
Pedra do Sal is in Saúde, about 20 minutes on foot from the studio.
Sambódromo
Cidade Nova
Sambódromo is in Cidade Nova, about 20 minutes on foot from the studio.
Music
Acaso Cultural
Botafogo
Acaso Cultural is in Botafogo, a transit ride from the studio.
Armazém da Utopia
Saúde
Armazém da Utopia is a cultural center inside Warehouse 6 on the Gamboa docks, facing Praça Muhammad Ali and run since 2010 by the Companhia Ensaio Aberto.
Audio Rebel
Botafogo
Audio Rebel is in Botafogo, a transit ride from the studio.
Beco das Garrafas
Copacabana
Beco das Garrafas is a dead-end alley off Rua Duvivier in Copacabana that, through the 1950s and 60s, held a cluster of nightclubs and bars where bossa nova took shape.
Casa do Choro
Centro
Casa do Choro is in Centro, about 10 minutes on foot from the studio.
Dulcina
Centro
Dulcina is in Centro, about 10 minutes on foot from the studio.
Fundição Progresso
Lapa
Fundição Progresso is a cultural center and music venue in Lapa, housed inside the former Fábrica de Fogões Progresso stove factory.
Sala Cecília Meireles
Lapa
Sala Cecília Meireles is in Lapa, about 10 minutes on foot from the studio.
Teatro Municipal Carlos Gomes
Centro
Teatro Carlos Gomes on Praça Tiradentes is one of Brazil's most traditional theaters, with roots reaching back to 1868.
Teatro João Caetano
Centro
Teatro João Caetano on Praça Tiradentes is popularly known as the city's oldest playhouse, tracing back to the original Theatro São João, inaugurated in 1813.
Teatro Nelson Rodrigues
Centro
This theater carries the name of Nelson Rodrigues (1912–1980), widely considered Brazil's most influential playwright.
Teatro Riachuelo
Centro
Teatro Riachuelo is a theatre mapped on Rua do Passeio, beside the Passeio Público.
Teatro Rival
Centro
Teatro Rival is a downtown theater founded in 1934.
Theatro Municipal
Centro
The Theatro Municipal is an eclectic-style opera house inspired by Charles Garnier's Paris Opéra, inaugurated on July 14, 1909, overlooking Cinelândia square.
Nightlife & music
Agyto
Lapa
Agyto is in Lapa, about 5 minutes on foot from the studio.
Beco do Rato
Lapa
Beco do Rato is in Lapa, about 5 minutes on foot from the studio.
Bip Bip
Copacabana
Bip Bip is in Copacabana, a transit ride from the studio.
Casarão do Firmino
Lapa
Casarão do Firmino is in Lapa, about 5 minutes on foot from the studio.
Circo Voador
Lapa
Circo Voador is an open-sided, tent-roofed concert hall beside the Carioca Aqueduct, filling most weeks with live sets from Brazilian bands.
Clube Six
Lapa
Clube Six is in Lapa, about 10 minutes on foot from the studio.
Insensato
Lapa
Insensato is in Lapa, about 5 minutes on foot from the studio.
Quartinho
Botafogo
Quartinho is in Botafogo, a transit ride from the studio.
Outdoors
Campo de Santana
Centro
Campo de Santana is a downtown park also known as Praça da República, named for its proximity to where Brazil's republic was proclaimed in 1889.
Forte Duque de Caxias
Leme
Forte Duque de Caxias sits atop Morro do Leme, a coastal fort previously known as Forte da Vigia, Forte da Espia, and Forte do Leme.
Marina da Glória
Glória
Marina da Glória hosted the sailing events for both the 2016 Summer Olympics and Paralympics, part of the Flamengo Park cluster on Guanabara Bay.
Parque do Flamengo
Flamengo
Parque do Flamengo, or Aterro do Flamengo, is a waterfront park built on landfill in Guanabara Bay, opened October 17, 1965, and covering 1.2 million square meters.
Parque Glória Maria
Santa Teresa
Parque Glória Maria, once known as Parque das Ruínas, is a Santa Teresa park and gallery built around the ruins of a Belle Époque mansion, renamed in 2023 for the Brazilian journalist and TV host.
Passeio Público
Centro
The Passeio Público, built after 1779, is the oldest public park in Brazil and one of the oldest in the Americas.
Pista Cláudio Coutinho
Urca
The Pista Cláudio Coutinho is a 1.25-kilometer paved trail beneath Sugarloaf Mountain in Urca, named for the former Brazilian national football team coach.
Praia de Copacabana e Leme
Copacabana
Praia de Copacabana e Leme is one continuous arc of sand facing the South Atlantic, framed by Avenida Atlântica and counted among the most famous beaches in the world.
Practical
Botafogo Praia Shopping
Botafogo
Botafogo Praia Shopping is an eight-floor mall facing Botafogo beach, opened in 1999 on the site of a former Sears store, with views over Sugarloaf Mountain and Botafogo Bay.
CIAT Copacabana
Copacabana
CIAT Copacabana is in Copacabana, a transit ride from the studio.
Drogarias Max
Lapa
Drogarias Max is in Lapa, about 5 minutes on foot from the studio.
Hortifruti Shopping das Frutas (Lapa)
Lapa
Hortifruti Shopping das Frutas (Lapa) is in Lapa, about 5 minutes on foot from the studio.
Hospital Souza Aguiar
Centro
Hospital Souza Aguiar is in Centro, about 10 minutes on foot from the studio.
Rede Economia
Lapa
Rede Economia is in Lapa, about 5 minutes on foot from the studio.
See
AquaRio
Saúde
AquaRio is in Saúde, a transit ride from the studio.
Biblioteca Nacional
Centro
The Biblioteca Nacional at Cinelândia square holds around 9 million items and is considered by UNESCO the largest library in Latin America and the seventh largest in the world.
Câmara Municipal do Rio de Janeiro
Centro
The Municipal Chamber is Rio de Janeiro's unicameral legislative body, founded by Portuguese colonists in 1565.
Casa da Ciência da UFRJ
Botafogo
Casa da Ciência is a science-outreach unit of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, on Rua Lauro Müller in Botafogo.
Casa da Tia Ciata
Gamboa
This site marks the home of Tia Ciata (1854–1924), a samba pioneer, candomblé priestess, and one of the most influential figures in the birth of Rio's samba.
Catedral de São Sebastião
Lapa
The Metropolitan Cathedral of Saint Sebastian is the seat of the Archdiocese of Rio de Janeiro, dedicated to the city's patron saint.
CCBB Rio
Centro
CCBB Rio is in Centro, about 20 minutes on foot from the studio.
Centro Municipal de Arte Hélio Oiticica
Centro
This center carries the name of Hélio Oiticica (1937–1980), a painter, sculptor, and performance artist considered one of the great figures in Brazilian art history.
Centro Cultural Justiça Federal
Centro
The Centro Cultural Justiça Federal occupies the former home of Brazil's Supreme Federal Court, an eclectic-style building begun in 1905 and inaugurated in 1909.
CRAB — Brazilian Handicraft Reference Center
Centro
CRAB — Brazilian Handicraft Reference Center is in Centro, about 5 minutes on foot from the studio.
Feira do Rio Antigo
Lapa
Feira do Rio Antigo is in Lapa, about 5 minutes on foot from the studio.
Forte de Copacabana
Copacabana
Fort Copacabana sits at the southern tip of the beach, open to the public as the Army Historical Museum alongside the working coastal defense fort itself.
Igreja e Convento de Santo Antônio
Centro
The Convento de Santo Antônio sits atop its own hill overlooking Largo da Carioca, forming one of the oldest and most important surviving colonial ensembles in the city center.
Instituto de Pesquisa e Memória Pretos Novos
Gamboa
The IPN grew out of an accidental find: renovating their own home on Rua Pedro Ernesto in 1996, a couple uncovered human bone fragments mixed with pottery, glass, and iron.
Largo da Carioca
Centro
Largo da Carioca is a wide public square filled with workers, locals, and street vendors selling every kind of product and service.
MAM Rio
Glória
MAM Rio is in Glória, about 20 minutes on foot from the studio.
MUHCAB
Gamboa
MUHCAB is in Gamboa, about 15 minutes on foot from the studio.
Museu da Chácara do Céu
Santa Teresa
The Museu da Chácara do Céu is an art museum in Santa Teresa, part of the Museus Castro Maya alongside the Museu do Açude.
Museu da Imagem e do Som
Lapa
Museu da Imagem e do Som is in Lapa, about 10 minutes on foot from the studio.
Museu da República — Palácio do Catete
Catete
The Museu da República occupies the Palácio do Catete, an urban mansion built between 1858 and 1867 that served as Brazil's presidential palace from 1897 to 1960.
Museu do Amanhã
Saúde
The Museum of Tomorrow is a science museum on Pier Mauá designed by Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava, opened December 17, 2015 with President Dilma Rousseff in attendance.
Museu Histórico do Corpo de Bombeiros
Centro
Museu Histórico do Corpo de Bombeiros is in Centro, about 5 minutes on foot from the studio.
Museu Nacional de Belas Artes
Centro
The Museu Nacional de Belas Artes holds Brazil's largest collection of 19th-century painting and sculpture inside an eclectic 1908 building by architect Adolfo Morales de los Ríos.
Cine Odeon
Centro
Cine Odeon is in Centro, about 10 minutes on foot from the studio.
Praça Floriano Peixoto
Centro
Praça Floriano Peixoto, officially named for Brazil's second president, is the square better known by its popular nickname: Cinelândia.
Real Gabinete Português de Leitura
Centro
The Royal Portuguese Cabinet of Reading holds the largest collection of Portuguese literature outside Portugal, and Time magazine once ranked it the fourth most beautiful library in the world.
Stay
Transit
Bonde de Santa Teresa
Lapa
The Santa Teresa Tram has run between downtown Rio and the hillside neighborhood of Santa Teresa since 1877, making it one of the oldest street railway lines in the world.
Carioca / Centro
Centro
Carioca / Centro is the busiest station on the Rio de Janeiro Metro, serving downtown from Largo da Carioca since it opened in July 1981.
Central do Brasil
Centro
Central do Brasil is in Centro, about 15 minutes on foot from the studio.
Cinelândia / Centro
Centro
Cinelândia / Centro station opened in 1979 as one of the first five stops on the Rio Metro, on the site of the demolished Monroe Palace.
Galeão via Terminal Gentileza
Cidade Nova
Rio de Janeiro/Galeão–Antonio Carlos Jobim International Airport (GIG) is the city's main international gateway, renamed in 1999 to honor the composer whose song "Samba do Avião" name-checks it.
Santos Dumont Airport (SDU)
Centro
Santos Dumont Airport (SDU) is in Lapa, a transit ride from the studio.
VLT Carioca
Centro
VLT Carioca is in Centro, about 15 minutes on foot from the studio.