Drinks & Nightlife
Palaphita Kitch is an open-air, thatched-roof wonderland with rustic bamboo furniture. Good food and lovely caiperinha's. Great setting for sipping coctails at sunset with fantastic view over Lagoa.
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Palaphita
S/N Av. Epitácio PessoaPalaphita Kitch is an open-air, thatched-roof wonderland with rustic bamboo furniture. Good food and lovely caiperinha's. Great setting for sipping coctails at sunset with fantastic view over Lagoa.
Great bar - restaurant with excellent live samba, beautiful location, make sure to arrive early to avoid waiting lines (you can have dinner and then join the dance floor)
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Rio Scenarium
20 R. do LavradioGreat bar - restaurant with excellent live samba, beautiful location, make sure to arrive early to avoid waiting lines (you can have dinner and then join the dance floor)
Everything Else
Wonderful place to spend a couple of hours on a cloudy or sunny day. A 30 min walk brings you to the Fort at the top from where you have great views of Sugar Loaf, Corcovado and Copacabana beach.
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Duke of Caxias Fort
s/n Praça Alm. Júlio de NoronhaWonderful place to spend a couple of hours on a cloudy or sunny day. A 30 min walk brings you to the Fort at the top from where you have great views of Sugar Loaf, Corcovado and Copacabana beach.
Shopping
Botafogo's large shopping center has dozens of stores, featuring Brazilian and international designers to suit every style. The mall also has a cinema and several top-floor restaurants.
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Botafogo Praia Shopping
400 R. Praia de BotafogoBotafogo's large shopping center has dozens of stores, featuring Brazilian and international designers to suit every style. The mall also has a cinema and several top-floor restaurants.
Great shopping mall just accross the tunnel, open every day from 10 am - 10 pm except Sundays when it opens from 3 - 9 pm, you will find a money exchange office and ATM`s on the ground floor.
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Shopping Rio Sul
116 Rua Lauro MüllerGreat shopping mall just accross the tunnel, open every day from 10 am - 10 pm except Sundays when it opens from 3 - 9 pm, you will find a money exchange office and ATM`s on the ground floor.
Food Scene
The best churrascaria in town, excellent for late lunch, great view over the bay!
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Fogo de Chão Botafogo
S/N Av. Reporter Nestor MoreiraThe best churrascaria in town, excellent for late lunch, great view over the bay!
This great local restaurant has definitely the best sandwich in Rio. Our favourite is Filet Mignon, Cheese and Pineapple. Also good quality appetizers.
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Restaurante Cervantes
335 Av. Prado JúniorThis great local restaurant has definitely the best sandwich in Rio. Our favourite is Filet Mignon, Cheese and Pineapple. Also good quality appetizers.
Great place to eat in Leme. A good selection of different French dishes and excellent wines. This place is a bit more expensive than other places around it, but the experience is well worth it.
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Galeria 1.618
840 Rua Gustavo SampaioGreat place to eat in Leme. A good selection of different French dishes and excellent wines. This place is a bit more expensive than other places around it, but the experience is well worth it.
French cuisine, good dishes and wine, delicious `"moules frites", friendly and efficient staff. Located next to the Windsor Atlantica hotel, on the sidewalk of Copacabana beach. Reasonable prices.
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S Bistrô - LEME
994 Av. AtlânticaFrench cuisine, good dishes and wine, delicious `"moules frites", friendly and efficient staff. Located next to the Windsor Atlantica hotel, on the sidewalk of Copacabana beach. Reasonable prices.
In the same location there is the Cafe do Forte and the Confeitaria Colombo, great for breakfast or brunch in open air, beautiful setting with panoramic view over Copacabana beach.
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Café 18 do Forte
1 Praça Cel. Eugênio FrancoIn the same location there is the Cafe do Forte and the Confeitaria Colombo, great for breakfast or brunch in open air, beautiful setting with panoramic view over Copacabana beach.
El Born
17 R. BolívarThe best tapas restaurant in town, great coctails!
Essentials
Zona Sul supermarket close to the apt. After leaving the apt. building, turn left at Rua Visconde Ouro Preto. Go straight ahead and after two blocks you will get to Rua Bambina where you turn right.
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Supermercado Zona Sul - Botafogo, Rua Bambina
36 R. BambinaZona Sul supermarket close to the apt. After leaving the apt. building, turn left at Rua Visconde Ouro Preto. Go straight ahead and after two blocks you will get to Rua Bambina where you turn right.
Mundial (cheaper supermarket) closeby. Keep on walking along Praia de Botafogo in the direction of Shopping mall. After 4 blocks, turn right at Rua Voluntários da Pátria. Located on the right (nr 24).
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Mundial
71 Rua Siqueira CamposMundial (cheaper supermarket) closeby. Keep on walking along Praia de Botafogo in the direction of Shopping mall. After 4 blocks, turn right at Rua Voluntários da Pátria. Located on the right (nr 24).