Top rated Tourist attractions in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to elevate your visit (Updated December, 2023)

Top rated Tourist attractions in Rio de Janeiro

Experience the best that Rio de Janeiro has to offer with our curated list of top-rated places. Sorted by average review scores from venues boasting over 30 reviews, these establishments promise exceptional quality and experiences to elevate your visit in the city. This list contains 221 places from Tourist attraction category.

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Querovoar.net | Paragliding & Hanggliding Lifetime Experience | Fotografia 360 | Tour Virtual

Tourist attraction

👍👍 Amazing experience with Daniel. It’s my first time and it was a great one. I was picked up from the hotel and went to the place where we did the paragliding. It was all organized and everything went smooth.

5.00 (468 reviews) (~6.84 km from centre)

Carnaval Experience

Tourist attraction

👍👍 This was more fun than expected! You get a preview tour of what's being built for the upcoming carnaval. Pictures of the floats aren't allowed but they do let you take pics of the previous years costumes. After the tour your taken to a room where you get to try on an outfit and a dancer comes in to...

5.00 (294 reviews) (~2.11 km from centre)

Ipanema beach

Tourist attraction

😠 Run away from this famous destination trap! Crime is committed day light without police intervention. The beach water a lot times is highly contaminated by fecal bacteria, the city still dumping sewer water into the ocean.

5.00 (200 reviews) (~8.46 km from centre)

Experience Rio

Tour agency

👍👍 Henry is a very knowledgeable and comprehensive guide. I learnt a lot about the surrounding forest as well as the Vidigal community. He showed me the best viewing spots along the way and his logistics were great ; arranging a motor taxi from the bottom of the Vidigal community, to the start of the...

5.00 (134 reviews) (~9.66 km from centre)

Monumento Natural dos Morros do Pão de Açúcar e da Urca

National park

Iconic mountains with climbing, hiking trails, panoramic city views & wildlife sightings.

4.90 (53.4K reviews) (~6.7 km from centre)

Trilha do Morro da Urca

Hiking area

Part of the 180-km. Transcarioca Trail, this short trail winds through jungle to Sugar Loaf's peak.

4.90 (15.3K reviews) (~6.79 km from centre)

Teleférico do Pão de Açúcar

Tourist attraction

👍👍 Bucket list for people visiting Rio. Its about $32 for the ride in the trams up the sugarloaf. They are round trip and for both peaks. Gorgeous view of the city from the top. You can buy online or at the entrance.

4.90 (4.7K reviews) (~6.39 km from centre)

Fiocruz - Moorish Castle

Foundation

Elaborate, century-old Moorish-style building housing a medical research facility open for tours.

4.90 (3.6K reviews) (~5.45 km from centre)

Cultural Center Jerusalem

Cultural center

👍👍 Show!!!

4.90 (1.6K reviews) (~7.38 km from centre)

Igreja Nossa Senhora do Carmo da Antiga Sé

Catholic church

18th-century Catholic church, site of coronations & weddings, with rococo-style gilded carvings.

4.90 (1.1K reviews) (~3.58 km from centre)

Two Brothers Peak

Hiking area

A steep trail leads to this park overlook providing expansive views of the city & coastline.

4.90 (973 reviews) (~9.36 km from centre)

Convento de Santo Antônio

Convent

This centuries-old monastery features ornate religious art & a church with a gilded interior.

4.90 (633 reviews) (~3.13 km from centre)

Pico da Tijuca

Tourist attraction

👍👍 Essa trilha pode ser acessada através da Praça Afonso Viseu no Alto da Boa Vista setor A do Parque Nacional da Tijuca. A trilha se inicia a partir do Largo do Bom retiro e tem cerca de 3km só ida. Antes de chegar ao cume aconselho fazer um desvio pequeno e rápido para o Tijuca Mirim que tem uma vist...

4.90 (508 reviews) (~8.91 km from centre)

Igreja Santo Inácio

Church

👍👍 Depois de muitos anos um padre com linguagem coloquial e mensagem tão próxima de nós. Chegou a ser acolhedor. Não sei o nome, mas soube que celebra missa às quartas 18h e domingo às 19h15. Assisti missa das 18h na quarta 27.09.23

4.90 (306 reviews) (~4.74 km from centre)

Summit Cannons

Museum

👍👍 A cúpula dos canhões faz parte do Forte Copacabana. Monumento histórico da cidade do Rio de Janeiro.

4.90 (221 reviews) (~8.69 km from centre)

Mirante do Mundo Novo

Tourist attraction

👍👍 Local com a vista para a Baía de Guanabara a partir da enseada de Botafogo e o Pão de Açúcar ao fundo. Da para ir pela as Laranjeiras e por Botafogo

4.90 (110 reviews) (~4.29 km from centre)

Praia de Ipanema

Tourist attraction

👍👍 As praias no Rio são um patrimônio carioca difícil de não visitar! Ainda mais em Ipanema, local onde além da vista privilegiada para o Morro dois Irmãos, ainda tem os vendedores de mate com limão, açaí, sacolé, esfiha, canga, sem contar com a imensidão de gringas de diversos países para com o jeito...

4.90 (104 reviews) (~8.53 km from centre)

Pão de Açúcar

Tourist attraction

👍👍 Fizemos a escalada pela primeira vez. Levamos em torno de 4hs. Cansativa mas finalizamos mortos e vivos kkkkk. Mas vale a pena.

4.90 (54 reviews) (~6.71 km from centre)

Forte da Laje

Fortress

👍👍 Forte militar desativado, com visitação proibida. Mesmo não sendo permitido entrar, vale muito chegar perto e ver de longe. No meio da baía da Guanabara, próximo à Urca, o visual é de tirar o fôlego. É possível chegar lá somente pela água (barco, canoa, stand up paddle, caiaque...)

4.90 (50 reviews) (~6.88 km from centre)

Christ the Redeemer

Cultural landmark

Giant, 30-m-tall mountaintop statue of Jesus Christ, accessed by train & offering city views.

4.80 (116.7K reviews) (~4.55 km from centre)

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Top rated Tourist attractions in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil