A car-free island of about 5,000 residents in the Lagoa da Tijuca, reached only by small boat a few minutes from Jardim Oceânico metro. Lanes, the mural-covered Beco das Artes, wooden decks and a country-town pace, with sunset over the lagoon.
- Address
- Lagoa da Tijuca; boats leave from behind Shopping Barra Point, Avenida Armando Lombardi, 350, Barra da Tijuca
- Hours
- Boatmen run 24 hours, with fewer boats at night (Veja Rio, 2024)
- Best time to go
- Afternoon, Evening · About 2.5 h
- Price
- Boat crossing about BRL 2.50-6.00; longer lagoon boat tours about BRL 45 (Veja Rio, 2024)
- Price level
- R$
Details can change. Check hours and prices before you go.
Good to know
- Boats leave from signposted piers behind Shopping Barra Point and Condado de Cascais, near Jardim Oceânico metro (exit towards the Lagoa) (Veja Rio, 2024).
- Boatmen offer longer tours of the lagoon and mangrove channels, where you may see capybaras and caimans (Veja Rio, 2024).
- Walk the Beco das Artes and Alameda das Mangueiras (Veja Rio, 2024).