All activities in Rio de Janeiro
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What you can visit without a tour in Rio de Janeiro, with the gate price.
24 activities
Copacabana and Ipanema
must-seeFreeFour kilometres of sand and the most copied pavement mosaic in the world.
Only go down to the beach with what you are willing to lose. The kiosks hire out everything else.
public beaches, free access; loungers and parasols are hired
View detailsSugarloaf Mountain
must-see102 BRL≈ 19.4 $Two cable cars in succession up to three hundred and ninety-six metres, above the mouth of the bay.
The first station, Morro da Urca, is climbed on a free path — and the sunset view from there is already complete.
general ticket: both cable car sections, Urca and Sugarloaf, and the whole park. 89 R$ for residents of Rio state. · Checked on 29 August 2026 at Parque Bondinho Pão de Açúcar — tickets.
View detailsChrist the Redeemer
must-see134 BRL≈ 25.5 $Thirty-eight metres of concrete with its arms open, seven hundred metres above the bay.
The rack railway from Cosme Velho is the dearest but the finest. Go up early: the cloud closes the summit in the middle of the morning.
Corcovado train return and access to the monument; 107 R$ from 7 to 11, free under 7. · Checked on 29 August 2026 at Trem do Corcovado — tickets.
View detailsSelarón Steps
FreeTwo hundred and fifteen steps covered in two thousand tiles from sixty countries.
Do it downhill: come in from above, from Santa Teresa, and two hundred and fifteen steps go down far better than they go up in full sun. Around eight in the morning the staircase is still shaded and empty.
public stairway, free access
View detailsBotanical Garden
80 BRL≈ 15.2 $An avenue of thirty-metre imperial palms, and marmosets in the branches.
HoursArboretum Thursday to Tuesday 8am – 5pm, Wednesday 11am – 5pm; museum 10am – 6pm, last entry 5pm, closed Wednesday
Parque Lage, ten minutes away on foot, is free: its colonnaded courtyard with Corcovado behind is the picture everyone assumes you have to pay for. Do both in one morning, the garden first while it is still cool.
foreign visitor entry. R$40 for a resident of Brazil, half price for students, disabled visitors, under-21s and over-60s, free under 5. The garden museum and the Casa Pacheco Leão are free, with a ticket collected online. At the gate you pay in cash or by PIX, not by card. · Checked on 3 September 2026 at Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro — Ingressos.
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Escadaria Selarón
must-seePrice unconfirmedR. Manuel Carneiro - Santa Teresa, Rio de Janeiro - RJ, 20241-120, Brazil · 4.6/5 · 95,669 Google reviews
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Botanical Garden of Rio de Janeiro
must-seePrice unconfirmedR. Jardim Botânico, 1008 - Jardim Botânico, Rio de Janeiro - RJ, 22460-030, Brazil · 4.7/5 · 48,846 Google reviews
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Museu do Amanhã
must-seePrice unconfirmedPraça Mauá, 1 - Centro, Rio de Janeiro - RJ, 20081-240, Brazil · 4.7/5 · 106,528 Google reviews
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Tijuca National Park
must-seePrice unconfirmedEstr. da Cascatinha, 850 - | Santa Teresa - Estrada das Paineiras, S/N - Alto da Boa Vista, Rio de Janeiro - RJ, 20531-590, Brazil · 4.8/5 · 21,745 Google reviews
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Parque Lage
must-seePrice unconfirmedR. Jardim Botânico, 414 - Jardim Botânico, Rio de Janeiro - RJ, 22461-000, Brazil · 4.6/5 · 51,428 Google reviews
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Catedral Metropolitana de São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro
must-seePrice unconfirmedAv. República do Chile, 245 - Centro, Rio de Janeiro - RJ, 20031-170, Brazil · 4.7/5 · 29,817 Google reviews
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AquaRio
must-seePrice unconfirmedPraça Muhammad Ali - Via Binário do Porto, s/n - Gamboa, Rio de Janeiro - RJ, 20220-360, Brazil · 4.5/5 · 90,762 Google reviews
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Theatro Municipal do Rio de Janeiro
must-seePrice unconfirmedPraça Floriano, S/N - Centro, Rio de Janeiro - RJ, 20031-050, Brazil · 4.8/5 · 25,330 Google reviews
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Mirante Dona Marta
must-seePrice unconfirmedEstr. Mirante Dona Marta, S/N - Cosme Velho, Rio de Janeiro - RJ, Brazil · 4.8/5 · 10,248 Google reviews
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Rio Museum of Art
must-seePrice unconfirmedPraça Mauá, 5 - Saúde, Rio de Janeiro - RJ, 20081-240, Brazil · 4.7/5 · 21,952 Google reviews
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Escada Bandeira do Brasil
Price unconfirmedR. Eduardo Jansen - Saúde, Rio de Janeiro - RJ, 20081-100, Brazil · 4.9/5 · 71 Google reviews
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Mirante do Leblon
must-seePrice unconfirmedAv. Niemeyer - Vidigal, Rio de Janeiro - RJ, 22450-220, Brazil · 4.8/5 · 19,467 Google reviews
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Rio Star
must-seePrice unconfirmedPorto Maravilha - Av. Rodrigues Alves, 455 - Santo Cristo, Rio de Janeiro - RJ, 20220-360, Brazil · 4.5/5 · 12,278 Google reviews
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Pedra do Arpoador
must-seePrice unconfirmedAv. Francisco Bhering, s/n - Ipanema, Rio de Janeiro - RJ, 22080-050, Brazil · 4.8/5 · 33,040 Google reviews
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Museu da República (Palácio do Catete)
must-seePrice unconfirmedR. do Catete, 153 - Catete, Rio de Janeiro - RJ, 22220-000, Brazil · 4.8/5 · 19,695 Google reviews
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Monumento à Princesa Isabel, a Redentora
Price unconfirmedAv. Princesa Isabel, 190 - Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro - RJ, 22011-010, Brazil · 4.3/5 · 366 Google reviews
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Grutas - Parque Lage
Price unconfirmedR. Araucária, 19 - Jardim Botânico, Rio de Janeiro - RJ, 22461-000, Brazil · 4.7/5 · 159 Google reviews
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Arcos da Lapa
Price unconfirmedLapa, Rio de Janeiro, 20031-040, Brazil · 4.4/5 · 27,196 Google reviews
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Forte de Copacabana (Museu Histórico do Exército e Forte de Copacabana)
must-seePrice unconfirmedPraça Cel. Eugênio Franco, 1, Posto 6 - Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro - RJ, 22070-020, Brazil · 4.8/5 · 47,219 Google reviews
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