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⭐ Highlights

3 Days in Rio de Janeiro — Essential Highlights

Christ the Redeemer at sunrise, Sugarloaf, Copacabana, caipirinha in Lapa and the world's greatest sunset

📍 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 📅 3-day itinerary

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.

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Christ the Redeemer, Santa Teresa & Lapa samba night

07:00
✝️ Christ the Redeemer at sunrise — empty mountain

The 38m Art Deco Christ on Corcovado (710m) — all of Rio visible in every direction at dawn.

⏱ 3 hrs 💶 R$85
🎫 Book tickets via GetYourGuide
11:00
🎨 Santa Teresa — colonial bohemia on the hill

Portuguese mansions on cobblestone streets, the finest restaurants in Rio outside the beach zone.

⏱ 2 hrs 💶 Free
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14:00
🫘 Feijoada — Brazil's national dish

Black bean stew with slow-cooked pork, rice, orange, collard greens and farofa — pure Brazil.

⏱ 1.5 hrs 💶 R$60–100
19:00
🎺 Lapa arches — live samba under the 1750 aqueduct

Rio's most exuberant neighbourhood after 10pm — samba clubs around the colonial arches.

⏱ 4 hrs 💶 R$20–40
🎫 Book tickets via GetYourGuide

Sugarloaf cable car, Copacabana & Ipanema sunset

08:00
🚡 Sugarloaf by Bondinho cable car

The two-stage cable car to 396m — bay, ocean, mountains and Christ all visible simultaneously.

⏱ 2 hrs 💶 R$130
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11:00
🏖️ Copacabana — 4km of white sand and Burle Marx mosaic

The world's most famous beach promenade with coconut water and beach volleyball.

⏱ 3 hrs 💶 Free
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15:00
🌅 Ipanema sunset at Arpoador Rock — the crowd applauds

The sun sets between the Dois Irmãos peaks and the entire beach claps in unison. Every day.

⏱ 2 hrs 💶 Free
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22:00
🥩 All-you-can-eat churrasco rodízio

Endless skewers of picanha, costela and chicken hearts until you flip the card to red.

⏱ 2 hrs 💶 R$120–180
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Botanical Garden, Rocinha favela walk & bossa nova farewell

09:00
🌴 Jardim Botânico — imperial palms and giant water lilies

Dom João VI's 1808 garden — 35m Imperial Palms, Victoria regia leaves, toucans and monkeys.

⏱ 2 hrs 💶 R$30
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12:30
🏘️ Rocinha favela walk with a local guide

Latin America's most organized favela — the views of Rio from the upper streets are unavailable elsewhere.

⏱ 2.5 hrs 💶 R$80–120
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16:00
🌊 Vidigal Bar do Alto — sunset over the South Atlantic

The finest sunset terrace in Rio — the Two Brothers peaks with the Atlantic below, drinks in hand.

⏱ 2 hrs 💶 R$20–40
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23:30
🍹 Last caipirinha on the Ipanema beachfront

Atlantic waves, city lights and a fresh lime caipirinha — the perfect Rio farewell.

⏱ 1 hr 💶 R$25

📍 Route map

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