This is a lovely little area of Rio. Catch the bonde up the hillside and wander through the streets or sit a while in a cafe. It is an area which has been taken over by hippies and artists and is definitely on the up again. Lovely architecture.

Take the bonde up the hill.

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Arpoador is the area where the neighbourhoods of Ipanema and Copacabana meet. The coastline becomes a rocky promontory and you can walk along trails here. The jagged geography creates high swells in the sea, so this is where surfers come, and you can sit and watch them ride the waves.

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The music department of the University of Rio (UniRio) hosts weekly free concerts, usually of chamber music, in the entrance hall of the nearby Museu de Ciências da Terra do DNPM. And the Federal University (UFRJ) hosts weekly free concerts just down the street at the Salão Dourado of the Forum de Ciência e Cultura da UFRJ.

UniRio
Avenida Pasteur, 404, Urca (the avenue that leads to Sugarloaf).
Mondays, at 6:30 PM during term (March-June, August-November).
URRJ
Av. Pasteur, 250, Urca, Thursdays, at 7 PM.
Bus Service from the Botafogo Metro Station.

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