Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
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COPACABANA & LEME
LEME
Posto1
Cardeal Arcoverde
BAIRRO
PEIXOTO
Posto 2
Siqueira
Campos
NOSSA
N
Posto 3
COPACABANA
Posto 4
SHOPS
Gilson Martins
Musicale
1/2
3
CLUBS & LIVE
MUSIC VENUES
Bip Bip
Fosfobox
Le Boy
Posto 5
2
1
3
Museu da Imagem
e do som
RESTAURANTS & BARS
Arab
Caranguejo
Deck
La Trattoria
Marisqueira
Shirley
Siri Mole e Cia
4
6
5
3
2
1
7
ATLANTIC OCEAN
Posto 6
ACCOMMODATION
Apa Hotel
Biarritz Hotel
Che Lagarto Hostel
Copacabana Palace Hotel
Hotel Acapulco Copacabana
Hotel Atlantis Copacabana
Hotel Excelsior Copacabana
Hotel Martinique
Hotel Porto Bay Rio International
Hotel Santa Clara
Hotel Toledo
Rio Design Hotel
Rio Guesthouse
Rio Othon Palace Hotel
3
10
5
6
1
14
7
11
4
2
8
13
12
9
Fish stalls
Ponta de Copacabana
Forte de
Copacabana
Praia do Diabo
0
300
metres
Ponte do Arpoador
Copacabana beach
The most renowned of Rio's beaches,
Copacabana
was originally an isolated area, cut off
from the city by mountains until 1892, when the Túnel Velho link with Botafogo was
inaugurated. The open sea soon attracted beachgoers, though Copacabana remained
sparsely populated until the splendid neoclassically styled
Copacabana Palace Hotel
opened
its doors in 1923, its famous guests publicizing the beach and alerting enterprising souls to
the commercial potential of the area. Rapid growth followed and a landfill project was
undertaken, along which the two-lane
Avenida Atlântica
now runs. Before Copacabana's
rise, the beaches of
Guanabara Bay
- Flamengo, Botafogo and Urca - were the most
sought after, but today, the most fashionable beaches are those of Ipanema and Leblon.
Copacabana is amazing, the over-the-top atmosphere apparent even in the
mosaic
pavements
, designed by Burle Marx to represent images of rolling waves. The seafront
