Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #2 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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Number of sights 19 sights
Distance 10.3 km
Ascend 258 m
Descend 253 m

Explore Rio de Janeiro in Brazil with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.

Activities in Rio de JaneiroIndividual Sights in Rio de Janeiro

Sight 1: Espaço Cultural da Marinha

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The Espaço Cultural da Marinha is a cultural center located in the Centro neighborhood, in the Central Zone of the city of Rio de Janeiro. With an exhibition area of about 1.1 thousand m², it is located in Orla Conde, between Largo da Candelária and Praça XV, subordinated to the Directorate of Historical Heritage and Documentation of the Navy.

Wikipedia: Espaço Cultural da Marinha (PT)

79 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 2: Navio-Museu Bauru

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Navio-Museu Bauru

USS McAnn (DE-179) is a retired Cannon-class destroyer escort built for the United States Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean and provided escort service against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys. She was transferred to the Brazilian Navy in 1944 and renamed as Bauru. She is now a museum ship preserved at the Brazilian Navy Cultural Center in Rio de Janeiro.

Wikipedia: USS McAnn (EN)

292 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 3: Centro Cultural Correios

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The Centro Cultural Correios Rio de Janeiro is located in the city center of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Wikipedia: Centro Cultural Correios (Rio de Janeiro) (PT)

74 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 4: Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil

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The Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil is a cultural organization of the Bank of Brazil based in Brazil with centers in Belo Horizonte, Brasília, Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo.

Wikipedia: Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil (EN), Website

39 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 5: Casa França-Brasil

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Casa França-Brasil is located in the historic center of the city of Rio de Janeiro, state of the same name, in Brazil. This historic property is currently being reclassified as a cultural center. It is a national cultural heritage, listed by the National Institute of Historical and Artistic Heritage (IPHAN), on May 24, 1938, under process No. 101-T-1938.

Wikipedia: Casa França-Brasil (PT), Website

800 meters / 10 minutes

Sight 6: Edifício A Noite

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The Joseph Gire Building, better known as the A Noite Building or Edificio o Jornal A Noite, is an office building located in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil that served as the headquarters of the Rio-based newspaper A Noite. At a height of 102 meters, it was the tallest building in Brazil for two years between 1927 and 1929 before it was surpassed by the Martinelli Building in São Paulo.

Wikipedia: Joseph Gire Building (EN)

1269 meters / 15 minutes

Sight 7: Valongo Wharf

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The Valongo Wharf (Portuguese: Cais do Valongo) is an old dock located in the port area of Rio de Janeiro, between the current Coelho e Castro and Sacadura Cabral streets. Built in 1811, it was the site of landing and trading of enslaved Africans until 1831, with the blockade of Africa banning the Atlantic slave trade to Brazil.

Wikipedia: Valongo Wharf (EN)

1510 meters / 18 minutes

Sight 8: AquaRio

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AquaRio J. P. Engelbrecht / CC BY 3.0

The Marine Aquarium of Rio de Janeiro, or AquaRio, is a public aquarium located in the Gamboa neighborhood, in the port zone of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. With a constructed area of about 26,000 square metres (280,000 sq ft), it is located to the west of Muhammad Ali Square. It is considered the largest marine aquarium in South America.

Wikipedia: AquaRio (EN), Website

1087 meters / 13 minutes

Sight 9: Cidade do Samba

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Cidade do SambaErik Ogan from San Francisco, CA, USA / CC BY-SA 2.0

The João Trinta Samba City, also known as Samba City, is an area intended for the sheds of the samba schools of the Special Group of Rio de Janeiro, located in the heart of the Rio de Janeiro neighborhood of Gamboa, with its main entrance located on Arlindo Rodrigues Street.

Wikipedia: Cidade do Samba Joãozinho Trinta (PT)

1709 meters / 21 minutes

Sight 10: Campo de Santana

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Campo de Santana is a park located in Praça da República, in the center of the municipality of Rio de Janeiro, in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The name of the square is a reference to the fact that it is located in the vicinity of where the proclamation of the Republic of Brazil took place in 1889.

Wikipedia: Campo de Santana (Parque do Rio de Janeiro) (PT)

937 meters / 11 minutes

Sight 11: Largo de São Francisco de Paula

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Largo de São Francisco de Paula is one of the oldest public places in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Wikipedia: Largo de São Francisco de Paula (PT)

675 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 12: Church of Our Lady of the Candelária

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The Candelária Church is an important historical Roman Catholic church in the city of Rio de Janeiro, in southeastern Brazil. It was built and decorated during a long period, from 1775 to the late 19th century. The church combines a Portuguese colonial Baroque façade with later Neoclassical and Neo-Renaissance interior elements.

Wikipedia: Candelária Church (EN)

484 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 13: Igreja de Nossa Senhora do Monte do Carmo

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Igreja de Nossa Senhora do Monte do Carmo

The Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel of the Old Cathedral, or Old Cathedral, as it is popularly known, is a parish of the Roman Catholic Church, located at Rua Sete de Setembro, nº 14 and Rua Primeiro de Março, in the historic center of Rio de Janeiro. It was the episcopal seat of the Archdiocese of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro until 1976, when the new Cathedral of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro was completed, which is why it is also referred to as the Old Cathedral.

Wikipedia: Igreja de Nossa Senhora do Monte do Carmo (PT)

173 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 14: Antigo Convento de Nossa Senhora do Carmo

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Antigo Convento de Nossa Senhora do Carmo

The Carmo Convent in Rio de Janeiro is located in Praça XV, in the center of the city. The current convent is located at Rua Morais e Vale, 1111. It was where the Queen of Portugal Maria I died, in 1816.

Wikipedia: Convento do Carmo (Rio de Janeiro) (PT)

371 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 15: Igreja da Santa Cruz dos Militares

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Igreja da Santa Cruz dos Militares

The Church of Santa Cruz dos Militares is a colonial church in the city of Rio de Janeiro that has the privilege of being attached to the Vatican Basilica since 1923 by Pope Pius XI. It is located in the center of the city, at Rua Primeiro de Março, 36.

Wikipedia: Igreja de Santa Cruz dos Militares (PT)

23 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 16: Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Lapa dos Mercadores

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The Church of Nossa Senhora da Lapa dos Mercadores is a Roman Catholic church located at Rua do Ouvidor, number 35, between Mercado and Primeiro de Março streets, in the historic center of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is right on the corner of Travessa do Comércio, which leads to the touristic and historic Arco do Teles and is owned by the Catholic Brotherhood of the same name, founded in 1750.

Wikipedia: Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Lapa dos Mercadores (PT)

109 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 17: Arco do Teles

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Arco do Teles

The Arco do Teles is located in Praça XV de Novembro, in the center of the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Wikipedia: Arco do Teles (PT)

34 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 18: General Osório Statue

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Praça XV, also known as Praça XV de Novembro, Praça 15 de Novembro, Praça Quinze de Novembro, Praça 15 or Praça Quinze, is a square located in the Centro neighborhood, in the Central Zone of the city of Rio de Janeiro. In addition to being located on Rua Primeiro de Março, the square is part of Orla Conde, a public promenade that borders Guanabara Bay.

Wikipedia: Estátua equestre do General Osório (PT)

592 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 19: Largo da Misericórdia

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Largo da Misericórdia may refer to the following places in Portugal:Largo da Misericórdia (Elvas), Portugal Largo da Misericórdia (Guimarães) - in Portugal Largo da Misericórdia (Linhares) - in Portugal Largo da Misericórdia (Monchique) - in Portugal Largo da Misericórdia (Tavira) - in Portugal Largo da Misericórdia (Viseu) - in Portugal Largo da Misericórdia - in the central region of the city

Wikipedia: Largo da Misericórdia (PT)

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