Attractions

Corcovado

Estrada do Corcovado

Rio de Janeiro, 22241-370

+55 21 2541 7522 (Tourist Information)

Mo to Su from 08:30 AM to 06:30 PM

At 710 meters (2329 feet), this hunchback mountain is where the Christ Redeemer statue stands with outstretched arms.  At night, the 30-meter (98-foot) statue seems to float as if it were a guardian angel for the city.  Of course it will be crowded with many tourists, but, nothing can prepare you for the view you will witness.  Stand with the statue at your back, and to your left is the soccer temple Maracanã and the northern districts.  Straight ahead in the distance is Niterói with its snaky bridge and Rio's other must see, the hump of the Sugarloaf.  To the right is the Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas in the foreground, and Copacabana and Ipanema beaches further out.