Beautiful beachs, amazing hills, and a vast rainforest doesn’t seem enough to Rio de Janeiro. Located in this natural scenery and most desirable neighborhoods in the city, The Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas, aka Lagoa, have so many attractions that you can spend a full day dedicated to it and couldn’t be enough.
Planning your trip:
At the top of Parque da Catacumba you can see a beautiful view of the Lagoa and around there activities for children and special tours dedicated for them at http://bit.ly/rioforchildren.
You can rent a bike http://bit.ly/postbikerio or get a guided bike tour http://bit.ly/lagoabiketour. There are for rent paddlecars or a paddleboats to get around 7,5km sidewalk around Lagoa.
You will find fancy restaurants, bars, kiosks, decks and free outdoor workout equipment. One of more celebrate places to go is palaphita kitsch http://bit.ly/sitepalaphitakitch one mix of lounge, bar and restaurant skilled in Northern Brazilian gourmet cuisine and exotic drinks.
One of most interesting experience is seeing the Lagoa by air, there are helicopter tours http://bit.ly/helicoptertour departing from Parque dos Patins.
Close to Lagoa’s Leblon and Gávea side, there is The Lagoon http://bit.ly/sitelagoon an entertainment center, with a balcony with a view of Lagoa, restaurants, bars, nightclub and cinemas.
In December, the Lagoa, has a huge floating Christmas tree and many activities celebrating their opening.
To get to Lagoa there is a path tunnel with 500mts escalators and elevators close to Parque do Catangalo from General Osório metro station in Ipanema.