Campo de Santana

A green park opens inside downtown Rio, with lawns and old trees at Praça da República.

Right in downtown, a green park opens inside Praça da República, with lawns and old trees among the civic buildings.

Open lawns mark where the republic was proclaimed in 1889, close to this same spot.

Wide paths curve under a high canopy of trees, shade over the lawns in the middle of the city.

A shaded lawn gives you a place to pause and watch downtown pass.

From Lapa, Campo de Santana is about 10 minutes on foot, an easy morning among the trees.

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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.

Stay at Mural da Lapa; Campo de Santana is about 10 minutes on foot.