Rio de Janeiro

"Marvelous City"

Rio de Janeiro CBI*
*cities beautiful index
51
YOUR SCORE*
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Epiphany
46% 
Mentoring
54% 
Self Fulfillment
38% 
Elegance
46% 
Originality
54% 
Revelation
54% 
Grandeur
62% 
Selfhood
46% 
Chronicle
54% 
Kinship
46% 
Nature
62% 
Surety
54% 
Synergy
46% 
Dynamism
54% 
Sensation
54% 

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Principal Features

Nossa Senhora de Candelária
Igreja da Ordem Terceira de São Francisco da Penitencia and Convento do Santo Antônio
Nossa Senhorade Glória do Outeiro

Honorable Mentions

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Mosteiro São Bento

Principal Features

Museu Nacional
Biblioteca Nacional
Espaço Cultural da Marinha

Honorable Mentions

Fundação Planetário [Planetarium]
Real Gabinete Português [Royal Portuguese Library]

Self-Fulfillment

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Principal Features

Paço Imperial
Palácio Tiradentes
Maracanã Stadium

Honorable Mentions

Centro Cultural Justiça Federal [Federal Justice Cultural Center]

Principal Features

Theatro Municipal
Palácio Itamaraty
Ilha Fiscal

Honorable Mentions

Palácio do Catete a.k.a Museu da República

Principal Features

Museu de Arte Contemporânea -- Niterói
Escadaria Selarón
Catedral Metropolitana

Honorable Mentions

Palácio Gustavo Capanema a.k.a. MES Building

Principal Features

Museu Chácara do Céu
Museu de Arte Moderna (MAM)
Sítio Roberto Burle Marx

Honorable Mentions

Centro Cultural Oi Futuro
Museu Villa-Lobos

Principal Features

Corcovado and Cristo Redentor
Palácio Das Laranjeiras in Guinle Park
Praça XV de Novembro

Honorable Mentions

Carioca Aqueduct (Aqueduto da Carioca a.k.a. Arcos da Lapa)

Principal Features

Museu Internacional de Arte Naif do Brasil
Centro Cultural do Banco do Brasil
Praça Floriano a.k.a. Cinelândia

Honorable Mentions

Museu de Folclórico Edson Carneiro (Brazilian folk art museum)
Centro de Referência do Artesanato Brasileiro (Museum of the craft-making traditions)

Principal Features

Museu do Indio
Museu Histórico Nacional
Museu Histórico da Cidade [City History Museum]

Honorable Mentions

Museu Histórico e Diplomático [Museum of History and Diplomacy]
Casa de Benjamin Constant (home/musuem of Benjamin Constant)

Principal Features

Sambodromo
Neighborhoods -- Lapa, Santa Teresa, Ipanema/Leblon, Glória/Catete/Flamengo, etc.
Travessa do Comércio [Popular Dining and Drinking District]

Principal Features

Tijuca National Park
Quinta da Boa Vista
Jardim Botânico

Honorable Mentions

Parque Lage
Jardim Zoológico
Campo de Santana

Principal Features

Forte de Copacabana
Fortaleza de Santa Cruz
Monumento Nacional aos Mortos da Segunda Guerra Mundial

Honorable Mentions

Fortaleza de São João
Forte do Leme a.k.a. Forte Duque de Caxias

Principal Features

Carnival
Feira de Sao Cristovao a.k.a. Feira Nordestina [Fair Offering Distinctive Music, Foods, Arts and Crafts, etc.]
Babilônia Feira Hype [Fair Offering the Latest in Fashion, Design, Art]

Principal Features

Sugarloaf Mountain (Pao de Acucar) Cable Car
Hang Gliding -- Launching from Pedra Bonita, etc.
(Riding) the Bonde [tram] especially across the Arcos da Lapa

Honorable Mentions

(Hiking) Pista Cláudio Coutinho

Principal Features

Beaches -- Copacabana, Ipanema, Praia do Flamengo, etc.
Panoramas -- Sugarloaf Mountain (Pao de Acucar), Mirante Dona Marta, Mirante de Canoas, etc.
Flea Markets -- Feira Hippie de Ipanema, Avenida Atlântica, Feira do Rio Antigo, etc.