Ipanema & Leblon

A look around

What you’ll be living next to. Swipe through.

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Where it sits

The circle is Ipanema & Leblon and roughly a 10-minute walk around it.

How far is everything?

From the middle of this area to the city's headline sights — pick your own on the city page and these become your list.

• Copacabana (beach)8 min taxi2.6 km
• Feijoada8 min taxi2.6 km
• Copacabana Beach8 min taxi2.7 km
• Christ the Redeemer11 min taxi3.6 km
• Sugarloaf Mountain19 min taxi6.3 km
• Santa Teresa & the tram23 min taxi7.7 km
• The Selarón Steps24 min taxi8.1 km
• A night out in Lapa25 min taxi8.3 km
• The Maracanã25 min taxi8.4 km

On your doorstep

What you’re living next to if you stay here.

• 4.Ipanema Beach — The chic, beautiful beach immortalised in 'The Girl from Ipanema' — golden sand framed by the Dois Irmãos peaks, divided into 'postos' where different tribes of Cariocas gather. Cleaner and more upscale than Copacabana; claim a spot, swim the surf, and stay for the Arpoador sunset at the far end.
• 6.Sunset at Arpoador — The rocky point between Ipanema and Copacabana where all of Rio gathers at dusk to watch the sun sink into the sea behind the Dois Irmãos peaks — and then applaud it. A free, joyous, only-in-Rio ritual; bring a beer, find a spot on the rocks, and join the clapping.
• 12.The Botanical Garden — A serene 200-year-old botanical garden at the foot of Corcovado — avenues of towering royal palms, orchid houses, lily ponds and toucans and marmosets in the trees. A cool, green, tranquil break from the beach and the bustle; lovely paired with the neighbouring lagoon and the Parque Lage café.