Rio de Janeiro, Brazil · South America
Rio de Janeiro works well as a base: 10 minutes from Leme, 1km from Escadaria Selaron.
Rio de Janeiro is in Brazil, with about 6.7 million people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Leme, about 6 km away.
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Within an hour or so of Rio de Janeiro: Confeitaria Colombo (0 km), Museu do Amanhã (1 km), Escadaria Selaron (1 km), Rio-Niterói Bridge (4 km).
Rio de Janeiro is in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, about 6 km from Leme.
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Places within a drive of Rio de Janeiro. Keep the ones you like and add them to your trip.
8 notable places within an hour's 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.
0 km · about 5 min drive
museum
Science museum by Santiago Calatrava on Rio's revitalised Praça Mauá waterfront, adjacent to the port district drive.
1 km · about 5 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.
1 km · about 5 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.
4 km · about 10 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.
4 km · about 10 min drive
scenic viewpoint
A granite peak rising 396 meters from Guanabara Bay, reached by cable car with sweeping views of Rio's beaches, mountains, and cityscape.
6 km · about 10 min drive
landmark
Towering 30-metre Art Deco statue of Jesus Christ atop Corcovado mountain overlooking Rio de Janeiro.
6 km · about 10 min drive
beach
Rio de Janeiro's legendary four-kilometre stretch of sand framed by dramatic mountains and buzzing with energy.
7 km · about 15 min drive
Year-round
Tropical latitude: plan around the wet season rather than temperature.
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