Morro Pão de Acuçar

Natural Monument of Morro do Pão de Açúcar and Urca is a hill complex located in the Urca neighborhood, in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It consists of the Morro do Pão de Açúcar and the Morro da Urca. Along with a statue of Christ the Redeemer, it is the largest postcard in the city of Rio de Janeiro and one of the most famous in Brazil. Due to its unique characteristics, the banks of the waters of Guanabara Bay, store in an international tourist reference for the city. It has, as a complementary attraction, a cable car ride, connecting Praia Vermelha, Morro da Urca and Morro do Pão de Açúcar. Known as the Sugarloaf Cable Car, the telephone was conceived in 1908 and opened in 1912, becoming the first telephone installed in the country and the third in the world. In its more than one hundred years of existence, it already transports more than forty million people. At the last cable car station, you have a panoramic view of the cities of Rio de Janeiro and Niterói. The Sugarloaf Mountain and Colina da Urca Natural Monument have an area of ​​91.5 hectares