Praia Vermelha

Praia Vermelha is a beach in Rio de Janeiro, Grande Rio, Rio de Janeiro. Praia Vermelha is situated nearby to the suburb Urca, as well as near Leme.

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Type: Beach
Description: beach in Urca District, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
Also known as: “beach of Pão de Açucar”, “Porto de Martim Afonso”, and “Red Beach”

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Places of Interest

Highlights include Sugarloaf Mountain and General Tibúrcio square.

Sugarloaf Mountain

Peak

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Sugarloaf Mountain is a peak situated in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on a peninsula at the mouth of Guanabara Bay. Rising 396 m above the harbor, the peak is named for its resemblance to the traditional shape of concentrated refined sugarloaf.

General Tibúrcio square

Park

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General Tibúrcio square is a park.

Station I

Aerial lift

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The Sugarloaf Cable Car is a cableway system in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The first part runs between Praia Vermelha and Morro da Urca, from where the second rises to the summit of the 396-metre Sugarloaf Mountain.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Urca and Leme.

Urca

Suburb

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Urca is a residential neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with a population of nearly 7,000. Although most of the neighborhood dates from the 1920s, parts of it are much older.

Leme

Suburb

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Leme is an upper-middle-class neighborhood in the South Zone of the City of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, next to Copacabana, Urca and Botafogo. The neighborhood takes its name from a nearby rock formation whose shape resembles the rudder of a ship.

Botafogo

Suburb

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Botafogo is a beachfront neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is a mostly upper middle class and small commerce community, and is located between the hills of Mundo Novo, Dona Marta and São João.

Praia Vermelha

Category: landform
Location: Rio de Janeiro, Grande Rio, Rio de Janeiro, Southeast, Brazil, South America
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Latitude

-22.95523° or 22° 57′ 19″ south

Longitude

-43.16453° or 43° 9′ 52″ west

Elevation

5 metres (16 feet)

Open location code

589R2RVP+W5

OpenStreetMap ID

way 15059191

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=beach

GeoNames ID

3445214

Wikidata ID

Q203325

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Satellite Map

Discover Praia Vermelha from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

In Other Languages

From Bengali to Swedish—“Praia Vermelha” goes by many names.

Bengali: “প্রেইয়া ভারমেলহা”
Bengali: “রেড বিচ”
Cebuano: “Praia Vermelha (lapyahan sa Brasil, Rio de Janeiro)”
Cebuano: “Praia Vermelha”
French: “plage Rouge”
French: “Plage Rouge”
German: “Praia Vermelha”
Italian: “Praia Vermelha”
Italian: “Spiaggia Vermelha”
Norwegian Bokmål: “Praia Vermelha”
Norwegian: “Praia Vermelha”
Portuguese: “praia do bondinho”
Portuguese: “praia do Bondinho”
Portuguese: “praia do Pão de açucar”
Portuguese: “praia do Pão de Açucar”
Portuguese: “praia do Pão de Açúcar”
Portuguese: “Praia Vermelha”
Russian: “Красный пляж”
Slovenian: “Praia Vermelha”
Spanish: “praia do bondinho”
Spanish: “praia do Bondinho”
Spanish: “praia do Pão de Açucar”
Spanish: “praia do Pão de Açúcar”
Spanish: “Praia Vermelha”
Swedish: “Praia Vermelha (strand i Brasilien, Rio de Janeiro)”
Swedish: “Praia Vermelha”

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Notable Places Nearby

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