Rio de Janeiro, Brazil · South America
Japeri sits on the route: 15 minutes from Paracambi, 55km from Vista Chinesa.
Japeri is in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with about 100,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Paracambi, about 7 km away.
Japeri (Portuguese pronunciation: [ʒapeˈɾi]) is a municipality in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Southeast Region of Brazil. The city was founded on June 30, 1991. It is known to be located next to the last station of the largest branch of the railroad of Brazil (Central do Brasil), whose image has been put on stamps inRead more
Brazil. The construction date of 1858 and was incorporated into the Central do Brasil in 1903. It was the first stop of compositions for São Paulo, including the famous Trem de Prata (Silver Train). In the district of Engenheiro Pedreira is the first public golf course of Brazil, sponsored by FGERJ - Golf Federation of Rio de Janeiro.
The territory at the foot of the Serra do Mar, is bathed by rivers Guandu, Santana, Rio dos Poços, Rio D'Ouro, Santo Antonio, Ribeirão das Lages and São Pedro.
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Within an hour or so of Japeri: Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet (45 km), Vista Chinesa (55 km), Rio-Niterói Bridge (56 km), Museu do Amanhã (56 km).
The nearest famous roads are Costa Verde (Green Coast Road).
Japeri is in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, about 7 km from Paracambi.
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8 notable places within an hour's drive.
racetrack
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.
45 km · about 50 min drive
scenic viewpoint
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.
55 km · about 65 min drive
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.
56 km · about 65 min drive
museum
Science museum by Santiago Calatrava on Rio's revitalised Praça Mauá waterfront, adjacent to the port district drive.
56 km · about 65 min drive
landmark
Towering 30-metre Art Deco statue of Jesus Christ atop Corcovado mountain overlooking Rio de Janeiro.
57 km · about 65 min drive
tunnel
Twin-bore road tunnel under the Tijuca massif linking Rio's South Zone to the North Zone, about 2.8 kilometres long.
57 km · about 65 min drive
cafe
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.
57 km · about 65 min drive
photogenic
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.
57 km · about 65 min drive
Year-round
Tropical latitude: plan around the wet season rather than temperature.
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