Rio de Janeiro, Brazil · South America
Queimados sits on the route: 20 minutes from Nova Iguaçu, 42km from Vista Chinesa.
Queimados is in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with about 150,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Nova Iguaçu, about 12 km away.
Queimados (Portuguese pronunciation: [kejˈmadus]) is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro. It is located at 22º42'58" south latitude and 43º33'19" west longitude, at an altitude of 29 meters. Its population was 140,523 (2022 Census) and its area is 75 km2. The city is divided into 37Read more
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Within an hour or so of Queimados: Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet (33 km), Vista Chinesa (42 km), Rio-Niterói Bridge (43 km), Museu do Amanhã (43 km).
The nearest famous roads are Costa Verde (Green Coast Road).
Queimados is in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, about 12 km from Nova Iguaçu.
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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.
33 km · about 40 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.
42 km · about 50 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.
43 km · about 50 min drive
museum
Science museum by Santiago Calatrava on Rio's revitalised Praça Mauá waterfront, adjacent to the port district drive.
43 km · about 50 min drive
landmark
Towering 30-metre Art Deco statue of Jesus Christ atop Corcovado mountain overlooking Rio de Janeiro.
44 km · about 50 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.
44 km · about 50 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.
44 km · about 50 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.
44 km · about 50 min drive
Year-round
Tropical latitude: plan around the wet season rather than temperature.
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