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Amorielli Vol. 2 · No. 09 · September 2026 Portfolio p. 25

Portfolio · Vol. 2 · No. 09 · September 2026

Rio de Janeiro in pictures

9 photographs from the cover story, Where to Stay in Rio de Janeiro, printed large. Photographs by Wilfredor, MTur Destinos, Chensiyuan, Donatas Dabravolskas, Sereia apaixonada, from Wikimedia Commons under the licences credited on each image.

The Zona Sul of Rio de Janeiro seen from Sugarloaf at dusk, with the twin peaks of Dois Irmãos and the rock of Pedra da Gávea rising beyond the beaches and hillside neighbourhoods. — The view west from Sugarloaf at dusk: the beaches of the Zona Sul running toward Dois Irmãos and the great rock of Pedra da Gávea, with the hillside neighbourhoods climbing between them.

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View over Ipanema and Leblon beaches in Rio de Janeiro from a hillside, with a community in the foreground and the peaks of Dois Irmãos and Pedra da Gávea beyond. — The beaches of the Zona Sul from the hills — Ipanema and Leblon curving toward Dois Irmãos, a hillside community in the foreground.

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The Christ the Redeemer statue on the Corcovado peak above Rio de Janeiro, with the city and the crowded viewing platform below. — Christ the Redeemer stands on the Corcovado peak inside the Tijuca forest; go early on a clear morning, before the summit clouds over and the queues build.

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The tiled Selarón Steps in Rio de Janeiro, covered in ceramic tiles in many colours. — The Selarón Steps run between Lapa and the hillside quarter of Santa Teresa — one of the easiest sights to reach on foot from the centre.

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Christ the Redeemer on Corcovado at sunrise, standing above a layer of low cloud. — Christ the Redeemer on the Corcovado peak at sunrise, above a layer of low cloud.

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The view at dusk from the first lookout on the Dois Irmãos trail: a lit beachfront, a hillside of lights and mountains beyond. — The view from the first lookout on the Dois Irmãos trail at dusk, over the lit beachfront and hillside below.

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A Sugarloaf cable car crossing above a bay full of moored boats, with the city of Rio behind. — The Sugarloaf cable car over the bay, with moored boats and the city below.

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The Morena kiosk on the Copacabana promenade at dusk, lit up beside the patterned pavement. — One of the beach kiosks on the Copacabana promenade, at dusk.

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A yellow Santa Teresa tram on its track in Rio de Janeiro, with office towers of the centre behind. — The restored yellow tram, the bonde, that climbs from the centre of Rio up to the hillside quarter of Santa Teresa.

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