Discover Rio de Janeiro on your own
It is more exciting for many people to explore Rio de Janeiro alone. There is no need to book a tour for everything. You can get to some sights easily on your own. We want to give you some ideas.
Santa Teresa
Santa Teresa is interesting because of nice old vilas, a special atmosphere and beautiful views. It is not far from the center and therefore a popular neighborhood.
At the moment, you can not take the old tram from the center up to Santa Teresa. But walk around and see old villas and beautiful views. Of course you can also get off the road and take a stroll through the streets. There are many good restaurants and bars with a lot of tradition. An adventure is the trip anyway.
Take the ferry to Niteroi
Center of Rio de Janeiro
Walk through Ipanema
Lapa during the day
Visit the stairs of Selaron
Part of Lapa, in a side street, the Chilean artist Selaron spends his life creating the stairway of tiles. He changed the appearance of this public stairs. Over the years, the stairs becamo always better known. Today, it is already attracting tourists.
Selaron compares the stairs with a woman, she wants to be more beautiful every day. The staircase is made from countless tiles from around the world. There are 215 steps towards Santa Teresa. Selaron still works there. You can recognize him easily. He uses to wear red clothes.