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Discover Ocean Front
The district Ocean Front of Rio de Janeiro in Rio de Janeiro (Rio de Janeiro) is a district in Brazil about 583 mi south-east of Brasilia, the country's capital city.
Looking for a place to stay? we compiled a list of available hotels close to the map centre further down the page.
When in this area, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Nova Iguacu, Sao Goncalo, Marica, Paraiba do Sul and Angra dos Reis. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 30°C / 87 °F
Morning Temperature | 24°C / 75 °F |
Evening Temperature | 29°C / 84 °F |
Night Temperature | 27°C / 80 °F |
Chance of rainfall | 0% |
Air Humidity | 52% |
Air Pressure | 1013 hPa |
Wind Speed | Light breeze with 5 km/h (3 mph) from North-West |
Cloud Conditions | Clear sky, covering 0% of sky |
General Conditions | Sky is clear |
Thursday, 2nd of May 2024
33°C (91 °F)
27°C (81 °F)
Sky is clear, light breeze, clear sky.
Friday, 3rd of May 2024
32°C (90 °F)
25°C (77 °F)
Sky is clear, gentle breeze, clear sky.
Saturday, 4th of May 2024
31°C (88 °F)
27°C (80 °F)
Sky is clear, gentle breeze, clear sky.
Hotels and Places to Stay
LSH Hotel
Windsor Barra
Windsor Oceânico
Mercure Rio de Janeiro Barra da Tijuca Hotel
Novotel Rio de Janeiro Barra da Tijuca
Promenade Paradiso All Suites
KS Residence
Pousada Quebra Mar
ibis Rio de Janeiro Barra da Tijuca
Barra Palace 509
Videos from this area
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Alpha Village - Lançamento de apartamentos 2 e 3 quartos da Gafisa na Barra da Tijuca
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Village Park Itanhanga - (21) 4141-8776
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TOUR VIRTUAL SOHO Residence Barra Telefone: (21) 4141-8776
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Essence - Lançamento de apartamentos 2, 3 e 4 quartos da Odebrecht na Barra da Tijuca
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Jardins da Vila - Vila Isabel
Imobilária Lançamentos RJ Telefone: (21) 2205-0783 www.lancamentosrj.com.
Linda Cobertura Duplex de frente para o mar - Barra da Tijuca - Venda
Barra da Tijuca, Cobertura Duplex, frente mar: Condomínio Water Ways, Cobertura, área útil: 220 m2, na Avenida Lucio Costa, Barra da Tijuca, Cobertura duplex de frente para o mar, varandão...
Barra Village Prime, Club & Green | Apartamentos em Lançamento, Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro, RJ
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gil@sinistro.net 12/jan/2014 SUP Surf Posto 4 Barra
Surf no posto 4 da Barra da Tijuca de Stand Up Paddle inflável (marca ULIBOARD) em 12 de janeiro de 2014.
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Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
Barra da Tijuca
Barra da Tijuca is a famous borough in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, located southwest of the city on the Atlantic Ocean. Barra is well known for its beaches, its uncountable lakes and rivers, and its highly Americanized lifestyle. Although representing only 4.7% of the city population and 13% of the total area of Rio de Janeiro, Barra is responsible for 30% of all tax collected in the city.
Jacarepaguá
Jacarepaguá, with a land area of 29.27 square miles is the 4th largest neighborhood in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. In 2000, it had a population of 100,822, making it the 9th most populous neighborhood in the city. The name comes from the indigenous name of the location, "shallow pond of alligators", yakaré(alligator) + upá (pond) + guá (shallow), by the time of the Portuguese invasion.
Pedra da Gávea
Pedra da Gávea (literally Rock of the Topsail), is a monolith rising 842 meters above sea level at the highest point, located in Floresta da Tijuca in Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro. It is the world's largest monolith on a coastline. The rock is composed of gneiss and granite, and due to its position, size and coastal location, as well as the lack of purchase for vegetation, has been heavily eroded by the elements.
HSBC Arena (Rio de Janeiro)
"HSBC Arena" redirects here. For the arena in Buffalo, New York formerly known as HSBC Arena, see First Niagara Center. HSBC Arena File:HSBC Arena Rio logo. jpg300pxThe then-Arena Olímpica during the 2007 Pan American GamesFormer names Arena Olímpica do Rio (Jul-Dec 2007) Rioarena (Dec 2007-Mar 2008)Location Av.
Miécimo da Silva Sports Complex
Miécimo da Silva Sports Complex is an indoor sporting arena located in Campo Grande neighborhood, Rio de Janeiro city, Brazil. It opened in 1997. For the 2007 Pan American Games, it hosted the karate, skating, and squash events. Capacity of the arena is 4,000 people.
Monte Makaya
Monte Makaya is a steel, looping roller coaster manufactured by Intamin and located at Terra Encantada in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. When it opened in 1998, it tied Dragon Khan's then-record with eight inversions; although it and Dragon Khan were made by different manufacturers and have very different layouts. Monte Makaya is located in the Terra Africana section at the back of Terra Encantada, at the park's far northwest corner.
Marapendi Club
The Marapendi Club in Rio de Janeiro was the tennis venue during the 2007 Pan American Games. The venue has also hosted several Davis Cup ties of the Brazil Davis Cup team. The tournament will be played on clay courts. The Club will also host Wheelchair Tennis matches during the Parapan American Games 2007.
São Conrado
São Conrado is an affluent neighborhood in the South Zone (Zona Sul) of the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro. It is nestled in between the wealthy neighborhoods of Barra da Tijuca to the southwest and Leblon to the northeast. São Conrado is famous for its hang gliding (popular with locals and tourists alike), Fashion Mall which houses over 150 stores carrying national and international designers, and golf course.
Barra Shopping
Barra Shopping is a shopping mall in Brazil. It is located in the Barra da Tijuca neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro. It opened on October 27, 1981. The Barra Shopping has 577 stores, is 120,000 m² in size, and is usually wrongly said to be "the biggest mall in Latin America", title which no longer holds since Venezuela has a 620,000 m². Even inside Brazil, the biggest mall as of 2009 is the Shopping Aricanduva in São Paulo
Palace II
Palace II was a tower block built at Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. On February 22, 1998, parts of it collapsed, due to engineering error, killing eight people. Another part of its structure collapsed on February 27, 1998 and the remaining parts of the building were demolished on February 28, 1998. Before the building was demolished, researchers found empty piers and evidence of the usage of beach sand on the construction. All families had to move to hotels after the building’s fall.
Maria Lenk Aquatic Center
The Maria Lenk Aquatic Park (Portuguese: Parque Aquático Maria Lenk) is an aquatics centre that is part of the City of Sports Complex, in Barra da Tijuca, part of the investments of the city Rio de Janeiro to host the swimming, synchronized swimming and diving competitions of the 2007 Pan American Games. The name of the water park is a tribute to the Brazilian swimmer Maria Lenk, who died less than three months before its inauguration.
HSBC Brazil Cup
The HSBC Brazil Cup is an international golf exhibition tournament, sanctioned by the LPGA Tour and first played in 2009. The tournament takes place over two days and 36 holes at the Itanhanga Golf Club in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The money earned does not count on the official LPGA money list, making the event an unofficial part of the LPGA Tour. The field for the inaugural event in January 2009 included only 15 players: 14 LPGA Tour members and a Brazilian amateur.
Terra Encantada
Terra Encantada was a park in Rio de Janeiro which designed to be one of the most modern amusement parks in Latin America. It was opened in 1998 after two delays in opening. There are 200 thousand square metres located at Avenida Ayrton Senna, 2800, Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro with a theme based on characters and festivals of Brazilian culture and its origins: indigenous, African and European.
CasaShopping
CasaShopping is a shopping mall specialized in furniture's stores, interior design, home decoration in Brazil. It is located in the Barra da Tijuca neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro. It opened on September 28, 1984. CasaShopping has 120 stores, is 61,500 m² in size, it is the biggest Home Decoration Mall in Latin America.
Olympic Aquatics Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Olympic Aquatics Stadium is a description of a swimming pool that is planned to be built in Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The venue will host the swimming and synchronized swimming events for the 2016 Summer Olympics, and the swimming events for the 2016 Summer Paralympics. Construction is due to begin in 2013 and be completed in 2015. The venue is expected to cost about $38 million.
Cidade da Música
The Cidade das Artes (City of Arts) is a cultural complex located in Barra da Tijuca in the Southwest Zone of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, which was originally planned to open in 2004. The formal inauguration is now anticipated for January of 2013, with the musical, "Rock in Rio". The project's R$515 million (approx. US$250 million) to the city of Rio caused much controversy was originally budgeted at R$86 million.
Cidade de Deus (Rio de Janeiro)
The neighbourhood of Cidade de Deus (City of God) is part of the borough of Jacarepaguá, in the Western Zone of the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is also known as CDD among their inhabitants. The neighbourhood was founded in 1960, planned and executed by the government of Guanabara State as part of the policy to systematically remove favelas from the center of Rio de Janeiro and settling their inhabitants in the suburbs. It is used as backdrop in the 2002 film City of God.
Itanhangá
Itanhangá is a town and municipality in the state of Mato Grosso in the Central-West Region of Brazil.
Barra Velodrome
The Barra velodrome is one of three sports venues located on the site of the Nelson Piquet International Autodrome in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (the other two are the Rio Olympic Arena and the Maria Lenk Aquatic Center). It hosted the track cycling events of the 2007 Pan American Games and will host track cycling events in the 2016 Summer Olympics and the 2016 Summer Paralympics.
Alto da Boa Vista
Alto da Boa Vista is a neighbourhood in the South Zone of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Anil (Rio de Janeiro)
Anil is a neighbourhood in the Western Zone of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Gardênia Azul
Gardênia Azul is a neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Itanhangá (Rio de Janeiro)
Itanhangá is a neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Joá
Joá is a neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Rio das Pedras (Rio de Janeiro)
Rio das Pedras is a slum and neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.