Christ the Redeemer
Thirty-eight metres of concrete with its arms open, seven hundred metres above the bay.
Duration
3 hrs – 4 hrs
Difficulty
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Best time
First train of the day
Open
Every day
Entry price
134 BRL
The statue was inaugurated in 1931 after five years of work, funded largely by a subscription raised by the Brazilian Catholic Church. Thirty-eight metres with its plinth, in reinforced concrete faced with thousands of soapstone triangles laid by hand, by women workers.
It stands at seven hundred and ten metres on the summit of Corcovado, inside Tijuca national park — the largest urban forest in the world, replanted by hand in the nineteenth century to protect the city's springs. The rack railway has climbed it since 1884.
Getting there
Rack railway from Cosme Velho, a twenty-minute climb through the forest. Official vans also leave from Largo do Machado and Paineiras.
What the price covers
Corcovado train return and access to the monument; 107 R$ from 7 to 11, free under 7.
Rules on site
The summit is often in cloud even when the city is clear: tickets are timed and are not refunded for fog. Check a summit webcam before setting off.
Checked on 29 August 2026 at Trem do Corcovado — tickets
Other places in Rio de Janeiro
- Sugarloaf MountainTwo cable cars in succession up to three hundred and ninety-six metres, above the mouth of the bay.
- Copacabana and IpanemaFour kilometres of sand and the most copied pavement mosaic in the world.
- Selarón StepsTwo hundred and fifteen steps covered in two thousand tiles from sixty countries.
- Botanical GardenAn avenue of thirty-metre imperial palms, and marmosets in the branches.