Nearest Airport
: Santos Dumont
at 2
Kilometres
Nearest Beach
: Praia do Flamengo
at 3
Kilometres
Car: not necessary
The neighborhood of Lapa, is the favorite of all tribes, and is bohemian at heart. It's close to the old center of Rio de Janeiro, tourists will not need to take the car to the garage. In your surroundings, family and friends will meet and know the neighborhood more traditional attractions of this wonderful city. The Carioca Aqueduct, a symbol of the neighborhood, was completed in 1723, aiming to solve the water supply. Today, so-called Arcos da Lapa serve not only as a postcard of the city, as a way for the cable cars that go to Santa Teresa. Impossible not register this tour. The Staircase Selarón, the work of painter and ceramist Chilean Jorge Selarón, has become another postcard from the neighborhood. Coming from different countries, the details of the coatings are an homage to the colors of the Brazilian flag. In Walking Street, there is no way overlooked the beautiful facade of the School of Music of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ). During the Belle Époque of Rio, the neighborhood of Lapa was right destination for intellectuals, artists and samba town. Do not miss out. See that nothing has changed since then. His intense nightlife is democratic, and dialogues with samba, choro, forró, rock, electronic music, hip-hop, funk and Carnival songs. Some streets are closed to vehicular traffic on Friday and Saturday nights, allowing bars and restaurants put tables and chairs on the sidewalk. The roads become real walkways where thousands of people move freely. The venues like Asa Branca, Carioca da Gema, Sacrilege, Mangue Seco and Rio Scenarium, prefer the wheels of samba and Brazilian popular music. Already Casting Flying Circus and Progress have varied programming. And in Lapa 40 degrees, tourists can enjoy shows varying between rounds of pool games. Already the River Rock and Blues Club and Lapa Irish Pub reserve the stage for the best of rock. Tourists should visit the Convent of St. Anthony, 1592, at Largo da Carioca. The Church of Our Lady of Candelaria, facing the Guanabara Bay, the Centro Cultural Banco do Brazil and France-Brazil House, built in 1820. Following the March First Street, the Church of the Third Order of Carmel, with some features of baroque, is one of the oldest in town. The Imperial Palace, one of the most important public buildings in the country, was home of the emperors of Brazil orders. In the Square 15, the Fountain Master Valentine, of 1789, is a landmark of colonial urbanism. Although there near the Arc of Teles shows a little Old River, beyond the Tiradentes Palace (now the seat of the Legislative Assembly) and the National Historical Museum.