I have always liked praça Maua, before it was dive bars, hookers and the like, huge improvement…read moreover the past few years, cleaned up and new museums really nice now for the port area

After 4 years of work, Praça Mauá have been reopened with a totally new look. 'Elevado da…read morePerimetral', which was situated at Rio De Janeiro's portuary zone, was demolished to give space to new museums and cultural centres, which have become important touristic points of our awesome city in the last few years. There you can find 'Museu do Amanhã', 'MAR (Museu de Arte do Rio)', and nice food trucks where you can waste a lot of money on (nobody said it would be cheap!). And more: during the Olympic Games 2016, a lot of Countrie's Houses from all over the world were opened, giving tourists and local habitants a whole new experience about different cultures (includind our). Even considering the kilometric queues that you face to get your tickets, the visit is worth your time and patience. Moreover, you have an spectacular view of Baía de Guanabara. Don't forget to take a bottle of water with you, Rio's temperatures are normally high! Hope you enjoy :) TIP: If you want to extend your tour, you can walk about 15 minutes and find 'Centro Cultural do Banco do Brasil', which is good and worth the visit as 'Praça Mauá'.

We arrived at Christ the Redeemer only to find out that there is a 2.5 hour wait for the tram. But…read moreno trip to Rio is complete without it so we reluctantly bought our tickets. To kill time, we turned to Yelp and Tripadvisor to figure out what we can do. Boticario Square seemed like the nearest decently interesting spot. It's super tiny and is accessible down a narrow alley. There are only about 5 buildings and you can "see" it in about 30 seconds. We took a few photos (including a mandatory selfie) and looked for more things to do to kill time in the Rio heat.