Grande Rio
Grande Rio is a region of the state of Rio de Janeiro including its eponymous capital and the 21 other surrounding cities to which it has expanded. It borders on the Costa Verde region to the west, the Médio Paraíba and Serrana regions to the north, and the Lakes Region to the east.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Rio de Janeiro and Niterói.
Rio de Janeiro
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Rio de Janeiro is the second largest city in Brazil, on the South Atlantic coast. Rio is famous for its breathtaking landscape, its laid-back beach culture and its annual carnival.
Niterói
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Niterói is the former capital of Rio de Janeiro state, in southeastern Brazil. Nicknamed "The Smile City", "NKT" and "Nikiti", it is just a short ferry ride from downtown Rio across Guanabara Bay.
Zona Sul
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The South Zone of Rio de Janeiro is where most tourists usually stay. Lots of hotels, from the fancy 5-stars like Copacabana Palace to hostels, are to be found in the neighborhoods of Copacabana, Ipanema and Leblon, which also have three famous beaches, the latter two just being separated by the canal that drains the Lagoa into the sea.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Baixada Fluminense and Grande Niterói.
Baixada Fluminense
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Baixada Fluminense is a region of the metropolitan area of Rio de Janeiro, in Brazil. The region is also called sometimes Baixada da Guanabara…
Grande Niterói
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Grande Niterói is a region of the metropolitan area of Rio de Janeiro, in Brazil. The region is also known as Leste Metropolitano and Leste Fluminense.
Grande Rio
- Type: Locality
- Description: human settlement in Brazil
- Also known as: “Greater Rio de Janeiro”
- Categories: conurbation, metropolitan region in Brazil, and megacity
- Location: Rio de Janeiro, Grande Rio, Rio de Janeiro, Southeast, Brazil, South America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Vietnamese—“Grande Rio” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Grande Rio de Janeiro”
- Catalan: “Grande Rio”
- Catalan: “Região Metropolitana do Rio de Janeiro”
- Catalan: “Regió Metropolitana de Rio de Janeiro”
- Cebuano: “Greater Rio de Janiero”
- Chinese: “大里約熱內盧”
- Chinese: “里約熱內盧大都會區”
- Dutch: “Greater Rio de Janeiro”
- French: “Region metropolitaine de Rio de Janeiro”
- French: “Région métropolitaine de Rio de Janeiro”
- German: “Grande Rio de Janeiro”
- German: “Grande Rio”
- German: “Metropolregion Rio de Janeiro”
- German: “Região Metropolitana do Rio de Janeiro”
- German: “RMRJ”
- Hebrew: “ריו דה ז’ניירו רבתי”
- Italian: “Area metropolitana di Rio de Janeiro”
- Italian: “regione metropolitana di Rio de Janeiro”
- Italian: “Regione Metropolitana di Rio de Janeiro”
- Portuguese: “Grande Rio de Janeiro”
- Portuguese: “Grande Rio”
- Portuguese: “Região Metropolitana do Rio de Janeiro”
- Portuguese: “RMRJ”
- Russian: “Агломерация Рио-де-Жанейро”
- Russian: “Рио-де-Жанейро”
- Scots: “Greater Rio de Janeiro”
- Sinhala: “රියෝ ද ජැනයිරෝ”
- Slovak: “Metropolitný región Rio de Janeiro”
- Slovak: “Veľké Rio de Janeiro”
- Slovak: “Veľké Rio”
- Spanish: “Gran Rio de Janeiro”
- Spanish: “Gran Río de Janeiro”
- Spanish: “Region Metropolitana de Rio de Janeiro”
- Spanish: “Region Metropolitana de Río de Janeiro”
- Spanish: “Región Metropolitana de Rio de Janeiro”
- Spanish: “Región metropolitana de Río de Janeiro”
- Spanish: “Región Metropolitana de Río de Janeiro”
- Swedish: “Greater Rio de Janiero”
- Swedish: “Rio de Janeiros storstadsregion”
- Tatar: “Рио-де-Жанейро агломерациясе”
- Vietnamese: “Vùng đô thị Rio de Janeiro”
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