Why this ride
A 102 km round trip from Rio de Janeiro - roughly 1 h 42 in the saddle. On the way it passes Sítio Roberto Burle Marx and back through Sítio Roberto Burle Marx.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Rio de Janeiro day out · Sítio Roberto Burle Marx
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 102 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 1 h 42
- Journey
- Recorded itinerary
Distance and timing basis
The recorded total and the leg detail need reconciliation. Inspect the leg notes before using this record for timing or navigation. Stops, delays, approach and any separate return travel add time. Basis: producer-declared routed record.
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Distance and riding time are measured on the routed road. Check local closures and conditions before you ride.
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Rio de Janeiro
Rio is the kind of city that looks like it was drawn by someone with a taste for exaggeration. Granite domes rise straight out of the sea and the streets, Sugarloaf at the entrance to Guanabara Bay, Corcovado with Christ the Redeemer on top, and between them are beaches, lagoons, favelas climbing the hillsides and a forest in the middle of town. The Tijuca Forest, replanted by hand in the nineteenth century after coffee farming had stripped the slopes, is one of the largest urban forests in the world. UNESCO recognised Rio's setting as a cultural landscape in 2012.
Read the complete Rio de Janeiro write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Rio de Janeiro is where the day begins. Next is Sítio Roberto Burle Marx.
2. Sítio Roberto Burle Marx
Roberto Burle Marx changed the way the world thought about gardens. The Brazilian landscape architect, painter and plant collector, who died in 1994, designed the wave-patterned promenade along Copacabana beach, the gardens of the Ministry of Education in Rio, and hundreds of other parks and gardens, using native tropical plants in bold, abstract compositions. In 1949 he bought a former coffee estate in Barra de Guaratiba, in the far west of Rio de Janeiro, and turned it into his home, studio and laboratory, filling it with thousands of plant species collected on expeditions across Brazil. Sítio Roberto Burle Marx was added to the World Heritage list in 2021.
Read the complete Sítio Roberto Burle Marx write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Sítio Roberto Burle Marx comes up 27 km in. Next is Sítio Roberto Burle Marx.
3. Sítio Roberto Burle Marx
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Sítio Roberto Burle Marx write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
55 km in you reach Sítio Roberto Burle Marx. Next is back through Sítio Roberto Burle Marx.
4. back through Sítio Roberto Burle Marx
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Sítio Roberto Burle Marx write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Sítio Roberto Burle Marx, late in the day. Next is Rio de Janeiro.
5. Rio de Janeiro
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Rio de Janeiro write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Rio de Janeiro. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Rio de Janeiro to Sítio Roberto Burle Marx
Rio de Janeiro → Sítio Roberto Burle Marx is 55 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Sítio Roberto Burle Marx to Rio de Janeiro
back through Sítio Roberto Burle Marx → Rio de Janeiro is 55 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.