Its got beautiful and uncrowded beaches which I prefer with my young children. Tijuca Forest is great for hikes and views. But otherwise, it's all traffic and shopping malls.
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Barra da Tijuca
Rio de Janeiro, State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Ranked #35 of 201 attractions in Rio de Janeiro
66 Reviews
Type: Beaches
Traveler Description: The beach of Barra da Tijuca, known to locals simply as Barra and pronounced like "Baja" or "ba-ha"extends for 18km/11mi with almost completely...
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Was here in 2006 and thought it was nice. Great beach, shopping and nightlife. Now the beach is still nice, the street is packed with cars, the pavement is filled with fancy cars for sale, construction everywhere, expensive shoppingmalls and the nightlife I don't know. If price don't matter You will get most of what You want in Barra Shopping....
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If you want major traffic jams, if you want a place just like Miami, if you want a place where you have to have car, then go there but get yourself time to spend there. Despite the huge malls( for Brazilian standards) I don't recommend AT ALL
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Close enough to anything you want to do - and right on the most beautiful beaches! Not terribly crowded - great shopping and plenty to do!
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barra shopping is very big and the beach (specially barraca do pepê) is a great place to swim and drink coconut water
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go to Barra da Tijuca and enjoy the beauty of the beach and the girls...enjoy the night life there, gioing o restaurantes and nice bar around the malls and the by the beach....place to be
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Why visit Barra? It is a Miami-lookalike, but only if you look from a distance. Looking closely, it is a third world strip mall neighborhood with very bad architecture and no city planning at all. Only the beach in the area is worth a visit. Also forget the malls. Brazil is too expensive to shop.
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Away from Ipanema and Leblon, Barra is kind of a Miami city - for me it is the best Beach in Rio (between stations 4 and 8) as it is clean and has lots of room to spread.
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The architecture looks just like Miami.
But the beaches are way better.
The shopping malls not so large as Florida's.
But the bikinis are so much smaller...
My advice: forget the malls, get a good camera, a funny hat, some efficient sunscreen, a pair of Havaianas rubber sandals. And go walk on the sand, stop to appreciate the "landscape". Drink...
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Barra da Tijuca is a long and wonderful open ocean beach. The neighborhood offers a Miami-like style of life for those eagger to enjoy a kind of second class, fake American style of life. I don't know what a visitor would enjoy here after leaving the sand and a comfortable hotel behind. Public transportation is weak. There are good restaurants,...
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