Great time at Sugar Loaf and Urca

STORY OF URCA

Urca is a traditional and wealthy residential neighborhood with nearly 7,000 inhabitants (2000 census) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Although most of the neighborhood dates from the 1920s, parts of it are much older. What is now called the Forte São João, a military base at the foot of the Sugarloaf Mountain, is where the first Portuguese settlement in Rio was founded by Estácio de Sá on March 1st 1565.

THE WALK

The walk starts at Praia Vermelha square, the meeting can be schedule at any time until 3pm.

We are going to visit the Sugar Loaf and spend some time there taking photos and watching the city in a different point of view. Then we will go to have a walk in the Urca neighborhood and have a beer at the sunset at Bar Urca, a typical bar of the bohemian carioca and artists.

OPTIONS (FOR WHO WANTS MORE ADVENTURE)

During the day we can have a track at Claudio Coutinho's park until one of the Sugar Loaf's hill.