Rio in 3 days: the most visually spectacular city on earth — mountains into ocean, samba, feijoada, açaí and a sunset that the whole beach applauds.
The 38m Art Deco Christ on Corcovado (710m) — all of Rio visible in every direction at dawn.
🎫 Book tickets via GetYourGuidePortuguese mansions on cobblestone streets, the finest restaurants in Rio outside the beach zone.
🎫 Book tickets via GetYourGuideBlack bean stew with slow-cooked pork, rice, orange, collard greens and farofa — pure Brazil.
Rio's most exuberant neighbourhood after 10pm — samba clubs around the colonial arches.
🎫 Book tickets via GetYourGuideThe two-stage cable car to 396m — bay, ocean, mountains and Christ all visible simultaneously.
🎫 Book tickets via GetYourGuideThe world's most famous beach promenade with coconut water and beach volleyball.
🎫 Book tickets via GetYourGuideThe sun sets between the Dois Irmãos peaks and the entire beach claps in unison. Every day.
🎫 Book tickets via GetYourGuideEndless skewers of picanha, costela and chicken hearts until you flip the card to red.
🎫 Book tickets via GetYourGuideDom João VI's 1808 garden — 35m Imperial Palms, Victoria regia leaves, toucans and monkeys.
🎫 Book tickets via GetYourGuideLatin America's most organized favela — the views of Rio from the upper streets are unavailable elsewhere.
🎫 Book tickets via GetYourGuideThe finest sunset terrace in Rio — the Two Brothers peaks with the Atlantic below, drinks in hand.
🎫 Book tickets via GetYourGuideAtlantic waves, city lights and a fresh lime caipirinha — the perfect Rio farewell.