Rio Guide

Category: Lagoa / Jardim Botanico

  • La Carioca Cevicheria: Discover Peruvian Cuisine

    La Carioca Cevicheria: Discover Peruvian Cuisine

    This tiny and lovely restaurant in Jardim Botânico is specialized in the most typical of Peruvian dishes -ceviche: fresh row fish marinated in lime juice, spiced with chilli pepper and often served with coriander and onion. La Carioca offers all types of ceviche, from traditional recipes to Mediterranean and Oriental gastronomic inventions. Try also the octopus and don’t forget to taste the grape-brandy called pisco, the national drink in Peru (as cachaça is in Brazil). If you want to be more sober, choose the house beer La Carioca.

    La Carioca – Cevicheria
    Rua Maria Angelica 113 A
    Jardim Botânico – Rio de Janeiro
    Phone: +55 21 2226 8821
    Email: holaquetal@lacarioca.com.br
    Website: www.lacarioca.com.br

  • Bráz: Try a traditional Italian Pizza

    Bráz: Try a traditional Italian Pizza

    This is the trendy place to be for an Italian pizza. Located in Jardim Botânico, Bráz is a stylish, old school Italian pizzeria, with a vintage design and an easygoing atmosphere. Pizzas are rolled by hand and cooked in a wood oven in the wide open kitchen. Ingredients come from the typical Neapolitan tradition: Caputo 00 flour, San Marzano tomatoes and Italian olive oil. Bráz offers more than 26 varieties of pizza, divided into 4 categories: specialities, classic, traditional and contemporary. It also makes home deliveries in Jardim Botânico, Gávea, Leblon and Ipanema.

    Bráz
    Opening hours: Sunday to Thursday from 6.30 pm to 0.30 am. Friday and Saturday from 6.30 pm to 1.30 am.
    Rua Maria Angelica 129
    Jardim Botânico – Rio de Janeiro
    Phone: +55 21 2535 0687 (anche per consegne)
    Website: www.casabraz.com.br

  • Bibi Sucos: Drink a fresh tropical fruit juice

    Bibi Sucos: Drink a fresh tropical fruit juice

    Here is the place to discover the Brazilian tropical fruit in the form of delicious smoothies. The gorgeous fruits with exotic names will possibly confuse you: don’t worry and pick up 1!

    Abacaxi > Ananas
    Abacate > Avocado
    Açaí > An energetic mousse coming from an Amazon fruit. Very trendy in Rio.
    Acerola > The worldwide champion of Vitamin C, directly from Amazon. Every tiny fruit has more Vitamim C than 40 lemons.
    Amora > A sort of raspberry effective against cholesterol.
    Mamão > Papaya
    Manga > Mango
    Maracujà > Passion fruit
    Morango > Strawberry
    Tangerina > Mandarine
    Laranja > Orange

    Bibi Sucos Leblon
    Rua Ataulfo de Paiva 591 A
    Phone: +51 21 2259 0000

    Bibi Sucos Copacabana
    Rua Miguel Lemos 31, Loja A
    Phone: +55 21 2513 6000

    Bibi Sucos Jardim Botânico
    Rua Jardim Botânico 632, Loja A
    Phone: +55 21 3874 0051

    Website: www.bibisucos.com.br

  • Capricciosa: Another option for Pizza lovers

    Capricciosa: Another option for Pizza lovers

    A popular (and quite expensive) place to eat D.O.C. Italian pizza in Rio. Ingredients are authentic (olive oil included) and pizza makers really expert. You can see them throwing up the dough in the air and catching it in midair, with a very Italian ability. Of course pizzas are cooked in wood stoves. Prices can be disappointing for a westerner (a pizza costs about 25 €): that’s because in Brazil pizza is considered a sophisticated meal, with a lot of imported ingredients – and also because Capricciosa is a very trendy restaurant.

    Capricciosa also does deliveries in Zona Sul and São Conrado (Monday to Saturday from 7.00 pm – Sunday from 6.00 pm).
    Deliveries Zona Sul: +55 21 2527 2656
    Deliveries São Conrado: +55 21 2494 2212

    Capricciosa Ipanema
    Rua Vinicius de Moraes 134, Rio de Janeiro
    Phone 1: +55 21 2523 3394
    Phone 2: +55 21 2523 1169

    Capricciosa Copacabana
    Rua Domingos Ferreira 187, Rio de Janeiro
    Phone 1: +55 21 2255 2598
    Phone 2: +55 21 2255 1626

    Capricciosa Jardim Botânico
    Rua Maria Angélica 37, Rio de Janeiro
    Phone 1: +55 21 2527 2656
    Phone 2: +55 21 2527 3283

    www.capricciosa.com.br

  • The Botanical Garden: Walk among tropical trees and orchids

    The Botanical Garden: Walk among tropical trees and orchids

    Rio Botanical Garden (Jardim Botânico) is one of the biggest tropical gardens in the world. With more than 6.500 species of plants and 140 of birds, it is home to a huge biodiversity. Greenhouses and fountains, orchids and carnivorous plants embellish this wide nature reserve, created in 1808 by John VI of Portugal and opened to public in 1822. Jardim Botânico is located at the foot of Corcovado Mountain, close to Lagoa. It opens every day in daylight hours, except December 25th and the 1st of January.

    Jardim Botânico
    Rua Jardim Botânico 1008

  • Walking around the Lagoon

    Walking around the Lagoon

    Walled in scenic mountains, connected to the Ocean, the natural saltwater lagoon Rodrigo de Freitas, just behind Ipanema, is one of the main attractions of Rio. Take a walk or a bike tour along the pedestrian path surrounding the lagoon (Avenida Epítassio Pessoa) on Sunday morning. You will see people running, skating, biking or having lunch at one of the restaurants around. If you happen to be here at Christmas time, don’t miss the huge floating Christmas Tree erected every year on a platform. Helicopter Tours also take off from Lagoa, near Parque dos Patins (Helisight – Phone: +55 21 2511 2141 / +55 21 2542 7935 / Website: www.helisight.com.br/home/).

  • Helicopter Tour: Fly over Rio!

    Helicopter Tour: Fly over Rio!

    Once in your life you must fly over Rio! From the sky the city is simply sublime, with its green cliffs and islands against the blue of the Ocean. Helicopter tours last from 6 to 60 minutes and leave from Lagoa. The basic helicopter tour fly over the lagoon, Ipanema and Copacabana beaches, the Sugarloaf and, of course, the statue of Christ the Redeemer. Longer trips also fly over Pedra da Gávea and Tijuca Forest. The tour is quite expensive (about 200BR$ for 6 minutes) but it is worth the price.

    Helisight
    Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas (near Parque dos Patins)
    +55 21 2511 2141
    +55 21 2542 7935

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