Rio Top 10 - 10. Beaches in and around Rio

Due to the nature of the coastline, Rio has an incredible number of urban beaches:

• from the most popular but somehow touristy COPACABANA with great caipirinhas:
  

• to the more fashionable and trendy IPANEMA suitable for surfers of all ages:

• and our "landing strip" for paragliding and hand gliding: SAO CONRADO

• as well as the green FLAMINGO with views of Sugar Loaf Mountain:

However, if you are looking for some more remote beaches with untouched nature around, there are also a lot of beaches around Rio, such as the the numerous beaches

• on the island of Ilha Grande:

• or on one of the many smaller islands in that area:

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