Rodrigo Nascimento
Granite peaks and Atlantic surf, trailhead to seawall
Based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Rio outdoors writer climbing the granite peaks and walking the Atlantic edge, from the Pedra da Gávea trail to Tijuca's rainforest and Sugarloaf.
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Urca, Rio de Janeiro: Sugarloaf’s Quiet Peninsula
A slow, seawall-side wander through Rio’s calmest corner, where chopp, shrimp pastel and sunset over Guanabara Bay set the pace.
Santa Teresa, Rio de Janeiro: the hill where Rio slows down
A cobbled hill of trams, ateliers and long lunches, Santa Teresa trades beach access for colonial mansions, rainforest edges and the kind of views that make you linger.
Leblon, Rio de Janeiro: the beach neighbourhood that eats well and keeps its cool
Rio’s quiet-money beach quarter pairs a calmer stretch of sand with the city’s most concentrated restaurant scene, from Baixo Bebê to Rua Dias Ferreira.
Lapa, Rio de Janeiro: where the arches give way to samba
By day Lapa is a scruffy downtown crossroads of colonial facades and antique stalls; by night it becomes Rio’s loudest open-air party, where samba, cachaça and street life spill under the Arcos da Lapa.
Ipanema, Rio de Janeiro: beach, bossa nova and the easy glamour of the south zone
A walk through Rio’s most self-assured neighbourhood, where the sand sets the tempo, the bars are serious, and the sunset still earns applause.
Flamengo, Rio de Janeiro: the park-side neighbourhood that lives like a local
Between the bay and the old downtown, Flamengo is Rio at practical speed: a grand park, old botecos, museum stops and metro-easy living without the beach theatrics.
Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: the democratic beach that never sleeps
A walk through Rio’s most famous crescent, where the mosaic promenade, botecos, fort views and all-night beach life still belong to everyone.
Centro, Rio de Janeiro: the city’s oldest downtown in full daylight
Rio’s founding district is a hard-working tangle of monasteries, modernist icons, Belle Époque cafés and port-side reinvention — best explored on foot, in daylight, with the office crowd as your guide.
Botafogo, Rio de Janeiro: where the city goes out now
A bayside neighbourhood of craft beer, serious kitchens and late-night pavement life, Botafogo is Rio at its most local, most walkable and most restlessly in motion.
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