Sugar Loaf

You don’t want to leave Rio without watching the sunset from up above. The Sugar Loaf is the best sight. Not only is it worth the ride in the cable car, but having a drink at the top after a busy day is also just perfect. There are two hills you can ride up. The first is Morro da Urca (735 feet / 220 meters), and if you’re lucky some tiny monkeys might welcome you. The second is the summit (1300 feet / 396 meters), a ride that height freaks will run from. Nevertheless, rewarding. On one side you’ll see the city, the bay guarded by the statue of Christ the Redeemer and the 14km bridge to the town of Niteroi, on the other, Copacabana beach shaped by the Atlantic Ocean. About one million people visit the Sugar Loaf every year. It only takes 10 minutes by taxi from the Copacabana beach. If you are not like many climbers that face those hills as a challenge, ride up then sit back, relax and enjoy the view!

You can also climb the smaller hill (Morro da Urca) by foot, there's a track beginning on the middle of the Pista Cláudio Coutinho footway, on the other side of the entrance to the cableway. It's an easy track, you can make it in 30 minutes or like, but it is recommended to go in groups. It's also possible to climb the bigger hill, but only with ropes and other equipment. If you climb this hill, you can go down by the cableway at night.

Price: R$44.00

Opened daily from 08:00/20:00

How to get there: Head to Urca From Downtown: get BUS 107, at Rua Senador Dantas /// From Glória, Flamengo, get BUS 107 at Av. Augusto Severo or Praia do Flamengo /// From Botafogo: get BUS107 at Praia de Botafogo /// From Copacabana: get BUS 511, at Av. N. S. de Copacabana; or BUS 512 at Rua Barata Ribeiro /// From Ipanema and Leblon: get BUS 511 or 512, at Visconde de Pirajá and Av.Ataulfo de Paiva /// Taking the Subway, ask for the "Metrô Ônibus Expresso" ticket or simply the Urca ticket, it have the subway and the bus fare combined. You'll go until the Botafogo station and take the bus 511-A.


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By all means go at night or late in the evening. There is far less people, the views are breathtaking and you can have your very own bench to sit on and sip your caipirinha. If you visited Cristo Redendor during the day, you'd have seen the magnificent coastline in the light and the flicker of the night will impress you even more from the Sugar Loaf

You already know something about the Sugar Loaf, right? At least saw a picture?

Well, the Sugar Loaf is one fo Rio's most visited attractions. The reason? It is really amazing to go up there and see the city, Baía de Guanabara and feel the strong wind blowing.

To go up there you'll pay BRL 44.00 that you can pay with money or credit/debit cards and it's divided in two steps: the first hill - sorry, forgot the name, and the second (the Sugar Loaf itself). Both have it's own pleasures and sights. Once in the Loaf, tehre's a really good snackbar/restaurante there. Avarage prices for everything. But the shops are extremely expensive, though.

The lines during the weekend and holidays are huuuge, so get there realy early in the morning (it opens at 8am), or after 2pm. The line won't be so big.

Or if you trust in your climbind and hiking skills, you can climb all the way up to the Sugar Loaf with specialized personnel around there! Cool, isn't it?