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Rio-Niterói Bridge
13 km box-girder giant striding across Guanabara Bay: the longest bridge in the Southern Hemisphere at its opening in 1974, with sweeping views of Rio's skyline.
18 km · about 20 min drive
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Duque de Caxias
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil · South America
About Duque de Caxias
Duque de Caxias works well as a base: 10 minutes from São João de Meriti, 18km from Rio-Niterói Bridge.
Duque de Caxias is in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with about 820,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is São João de Meriti, about 7 km away.
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What is there to see near Duque de Caxias?
Within an hour or so of Duque de Caxias: Rio-Niterói Bridge (18 km), Museu do Amanhã (18 km), Confeitaria Colombo (19 km), Escadaria Selaron (20 km).
Where is Duque de Caxias?
Duque de Caxias is in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, about 7 km from São João de Meriti.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 818,329
- Continent
- South America
- Country
- Brazil
- Region
- Rio de Janeiro
- Timezone
- America/Sao_Paulo
- Coordinates
- -22.7856, -43.3117
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Worth the detour from Duque de Caxias
8 notable places within an hour's drive.
museum
Museu do Amanhã
Science museum by Santiago Calatrava on Rio's revitalised Praça Mauá waterfront, adjacent to the port district drive.
18 km · about 20 min drive
cafe
Confeitaria Colombo
An 1894 Rio patisserie of Belgian mirrors, Portuguese tiles and jacaranda cabinets, built when the city was flush with coffee money and still serving pastel de nata under a vast stained-glass skylight.
19 km · about 20 min drive
photogenic
Escadaria Selaron
A staircase between Lapa and Santa Teresa covered by Chilean artist Jorge Selaron in over 2,000 tiles sent from 60 countries, worked on daily from 1990 until his death in 2013.
20 km · about 25 min drive
landmark
Christ the Redeemer
Towering 30-metre Art Deco statue of Jesus Christ atop Corcovado mountain overlooking Rio de Janeiro.
21 km · about 25 min drive
tunnel
Rebouças Tunnel
Twin-bore road tunnel under the Tijuca massif linking Rio's South Zone to the North Zone, about 2.8 kilometres long.
21 km · about 25 min drive
scenic viewpoint
Vista Chinesa
A pagoda-style belvedere built in 1903 in the Tijuca forest, giving a framed view over the Lagoa, Corcovado, Ipanema and Sugarloaf. Reachable by car on the Estrada da Vista Chinesa.
22 km · about 25 min drive
racetrack
Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet
The Jacarepaguá circuit in Rio that hosted ten Brazilian Grands Prix and where Ayrton Senna raced. Largely demolished for the 2016 Olympic Park, but its motorsport significance and location remain a landmark.
23 km · about 25 min drive
Driving roads near Duque de Caxias
- 18 kmRio-Niterói Bridge13 km box-girder giant striding across Guanabara Bay: the longest bridge in the Southern Hemisphere at its opening in 1974, with sweeping views of Rio's skyline.
- 21 kmRebouças TunnelTwin-bore road tunnel under the Tijuca massif linking Rio's South Zone to the North Zone, about 2.8 kilometres long.
- 22 kmVista ChinesaA pagoda-style belvedere built in 1903 in the Tijuca forest, giving a framed view over the Lagoa, Corcovado, Ipanema and Sugarloaf. Reachable by car on the Estrada da Vista Chinesa.
- 24 kmSugarloaf Mountain (Pão de Açúcar)A granite peak rising 396 meters from Guanabara Bay, reached by cable car with sweeping views of Rio's beaches, mountains, and cityscape.
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Tropical latitude: plan around the wet season rather than temperature.
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