Botafogo lies between the Flamengo-downtown area and the well-known regions of IPANEMA and COPACABANA.

It's an old traditional neighborhood. Besides the beautiful bay and good restaurants the neighborhood has one of Rio's biggest shopping malls, the RioSul shopping mall, coupled with a discount mall across the street, the Rio Off-Shopping, make this a good place to visit on a cloudy day.

Check out one of the many museums such as the Villa-Lobos Museum, the Rui Barbosa Museum, or the Museum of the Indian. Or stop by the farmers market in the neighborhood known as Humaita offering everything from fresh produce to eccentric foods from the tropical Northeast of Brazil.

At night many places stay open drawing a young crowd from the neighboring areas who gather to hear live music at Far Up and hang out at any of the other numerous bars and cafes.

Learn more about the neighborhoods in Rio de Janeiro

IPANEMA | COPACABANA | LEBLON | LAGOA | BARRA | BOTAFOGO