Why this ride
On the way it passes Pedra Bonita and Pedra da Gávea - Tijuca N, Mouth of Guanabara Bay and Manmade Shoreli and back through Pedra Bonita and Pedra da Gávea - Tijuca N.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Sítio Roberto Burle Marx and Mouth of Guanabara Bay and Manmade Shoreli
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 111 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 2 h 19
- Journey
- Recorded itinerary
Distance and timing basis
Ordered leg totals agree within rounding. Stop distances are approximate sums of rounded legs. 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.
Scenic road chapters
Rio-Santos Highway
Expect company on a summer weekend. Early is better than fast. For about 25 km this is Rio-Santos Highway, a road with a name of its own and a reason for it.
Chapter facts
- Length
- 25 km
- Named road
- Rio-Santos Highway
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. 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 is where the day begins. Next is Pedra Bonita and Pedra da Gávea - Tijuca N.
2. Pedra Bonita and Pedra da Gávea - Tijuca N
Two granite monoliths stand over the western edge of Rio de Janeiro, and they draw very different crowds. Pedra da Gávea, at about eight hundred and forty metres, is a massive block with a flat face that looks, from some angles, like a human profile, and it has attracted legends, including one about Phoenician inscriptions carved by sailors thousands of years ago. Experts think the marks are natural erosion. Pedra Bonita, a smaller sister, is where hang-gliders and paragliders launch from a wooden ramp, floating down over the forest to land on the beach at São Conrado, in one of the most photographed flights in the world.
Read the complete Pedra Bonita and Pedra da Gávea - Tijuca N write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Pedra Bonita and Pedra da Gávea - Tijuca N comes up about 32 km into the recorded legs. Next is Mouth of Guanabara Bay and Manmade Shoreli.
3. Mouth of Guanabara Bay and Manmade Shoreli
The entrance to Guanabara Bay is a narrow gap between two rock masses, with Sugarloaf Mountain on one side and the fort of Sao Joao on the other, and it is one of the great harbour views of the world. This stretch of shoreline, around Urca, Botafogo and Flamengo, is part of the area that UNESCO recognised in 2012 as a cultural landscape where the city and the natural setting have shaped each other. The words manmade shoreline refer to the reclaimed land along the bay, which includes the Flamengo Park.
Read the complete Mouth of Guanabara Bay and Manmade Shoreli write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 57 km into the recorded legs you reach Mouth of Guanabara Bay and Manmade Shoreli. Next is back through Pedra Bonita and Pedra da Gávea - Tijuca N.
4. back through Pedra Bonita and Pedra da Gávea - Tijuca N
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Pedra Bonita and Pedra da Gávea - Tijuca N write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Pedra Bonita and Pedra da Gávea - Tijuca N, late in the day. Next is Sítio Roberto Burle Marx.
5. 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 at Sítio Roberto Burle Marx. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Sítio Roberto Burle Marx to Pedra Bonita and Pedra da Gávea - Tijuca N
Sítio Roberto Burle Marx → Pedra Bonita and Pedra da Gávea - Tijuca N is 32 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Pedra Bonita and Pedra da Gávea - Tijuca N to Mouth of Guanabara Bay and Manmade Shoreli
Pedra Bonita and Pedra da Gávea - Tijuca N → Mouth of Guanabara Bay and Manmade Shoreli is 25 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Mouth of Guanabara Bay and Manmade Shoreli to back through Pedra Bonita and Pedra da Gávea - Tijuca N
Mouth of Guanabara Bay and Manmade Shoreli → back through Pedra Bonita and Pedra da Gávea - Tijuca N is 23 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Pedra Bonita and Pedra da Gávea - Tijuca N to Sítio Roberto Burle Marx
back through Pedra Bonita and Pedra da Gávea - Tijuca N → Sítio Roberto Burle Marx is 31 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.