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Self-guided walking tour of Rio de Janeiro

66 sights · Brazil

Tell us what you like and how much time you have, and you get a walking route past the best sights of Rio de Janeiro, with a map and thumbs-up from other visitors. Free, no account needed.

The route planner itself is in Dutch for now; the map and the route work the same.

What is there to see?

• History (20)
• Architecture (16)
• Squares & streets (12)
• Museums (10)
• Parks & green (10)
• Art & sculpture (3)
• Nightlife (2)

3-hour walk past the highlights of Rio de Janeiro

7 stops · 5.9 km · a loop from the centre with time to look around at each stop. Want to go inside somewhere? Set a longer stay in the route planner.

1. Photo: Dornicke, CC BY-SA 4.0
   🚶 5 min walkMuseu Nacional de Belas Artes
2. Photo: Elvis Boaventura, CC BY 3.0
   🚶 2 min walkTeatro Municipal
3. Photo: Marco Roberto Petri, CC BY-SA 4.0
   🚶 9 min walkCarioca Aqueduct
4. Photo: Haakon S. Krohn, CC BY-SA 3.0
   🚶 4 min walkRio de Janeiro Cathedral
5. Photo: Halley Pacheco de Oliveira, CC BY-SA 3.0
   🚶 29 min walkValongo Wharf
6. Photo: Halley Pacheco de Oliveira, CC BY-SA 3.0
   🚶 18 min walkCandelária Church
7. Photo: Eduardo P, CC BY-SA 3.0
   🚶 8 min walkAvenida Rio Branco

More well-known sights in Rio de Janeiro

1. Christ the Redeemer
2. Museu Nacional
3. Rio–Niterói Bridge
4. Rio de Janeiro Botanical Garden
5. Urca
6. National Historical Museum
7. Quinta da Boa Vista
8. Old Cathedral of Rio de Janeiro
9. Paço de São Cristóvão
10. Paço Imperial
11. Flamengo Park
12. Escadaria Selarón
13. Gustavo Capanema Palace
14. Ilha Fiscal

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