*Museu de Arte Moderna - This museum of modern art is itself a work of modern art art by Brazil`s greatest architect Oscar Niemeyer, the architect of Brasilia.Av Inf. Henrique 85,Tel: 2240 49044***

 *Mosteiro de São Bento - One of the most ornate baroque style churches in Latin America, with tons of gold work. Rua - D Gerardo, 64 - Tel: 22633480

*Museu do Indio - Native Brazilian museum. Rua das Palmeiras 55, Botafogo.

*Paço Imperial - The imperial home ,now transformed into an art museum.

*Catedral - Another one of Niemeyer`s works. although massive looking from the outside, it has very powerful lighting and sound effects insite.

*Biblioteca Nacional - One of the largest libraries in the world, with over 4 million works. Av Rio Branco,219 - Tel: 2240 1098

*Teatro Municipal - Beautiful classical building, with an excess of imported marble.

*Burle Max Garden and Casa do Pontal Museum - Every day - Facilities include: Transfer to and from and an English Speaking Guide. R$ Please Ask. Brazilian landscape architect, garden designer and painter. Roberto Burle Marx's work is interesting for its high quality, for its exemplary use of the Abstract Style and for its use of native Brazilian plants. Marx was the child of Brazilian mother (Burle) and a German-Jewish father (Marx). His mother was interested in gardening and his father in design. Roberto Burle Marx went to study painting in Berlin at the age of 19. His studies continued in Rio de Janiro, at the School of Fine Arts. Roberto Burle Marx was fortunate to work with the architect Lucio Costa. His garden designs were like abstract paintings, some curvilinear and some rectilinear, using native Brazilian plants to create blocks of colour. A surprising feature of his curvilinear designs was his relative insensitivity to the curves of underlying topography. Roberto Burle Marx's best work was on flat surfaces, including roof gardens and the 5 km promenade at Copacabana beach.

*Santa Tereza - Every day - There you can catch a trolley heading towards Lapa. This tram runs through St Teresa, a turn-of-the-century neighborhood filled with cute little house in the traditional Portuguese post-colonial style. Facilities include: Transfer to and from and an English Speaking Guide. R$ Please Ask

*Vodoo Umbanda - Tuesday,Thursday and Saturday- Facilities include: Transfer to and from and an English Speaking Guide. R$ Please Ask