Sugarloaf
Garden of Allah square
Fluminese Club
Ipanema Beach
Posto 9 on Ipanema beach
Arcos da Lapa
Copacabana
Dois Irmaos state park
Tijuca forest
Beach Culture
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Sugarloaf
Pão de Açúcar (Sugarloaf), a true symbol of Rio de Janeiro, is actually two mountains—accessible via a cable car that has been in operation since 1912.
Photograph by Claudio Edinger

Rio in Black and White

See Rio de Janeiro photos in this gallery from National Geographic’s Ultimate City Guide for Rio de Janeiro.

January 07, 2010

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