Guanabara Bay Tour
2 hour bay cruise on a ferry where a camera is a must. showcases rio and niteroi's postcards narration is in portuguese only, but the view is worth a thousand words . sundays only, departs @ 9:30am from the main ferry station in downtown. r$12
IcaraÃ
Is to niteroi what copacabana is to rio's residents: the most traditional neighborhood with excellent shopping opportunities and great restaurants. great for jogging and biking with a view of rio's main landmarks across the guanabara bay one of the 7 natural wonders of the world: the sugar loaf and the corcovado. how can you ask for more?
Nightlife
"sã£o francisco" the adjacent neighborhood is filled with lively bars, pubs and restaurants especially on the ocean front. there are not many discos in niterã³i as people prefer to go to rio to dance.
Cliff Diving
In prainha dew piratininga
Shopping
Icaraã is where the upper middle class lives. so there are plenty of nice shops for all tastes. "moreira cesar" 1st street parallel to the beachis the most popular shopping street in town. here you will find exclusive and expensive boutiques such as animale, agilita, h.stern, salinas beachware all the way down to little t-shirt shops. there are plenty of exotic juice bars and little restaurantes here as well. don't leave town without tasting acai, a brazilian fruit from the amazonas which is served very cold and has a very special flavor. .
Meanwhile in Downtown Centro, the Plaza Shopping is the largest shopping mall in town and is conveniently located across from the ferry Station Estacao das barcas. Here you will find basically all the stores that you would find in any mall in nearby Rio de Janeiro. Niteroi Shopping is also a mall in downtown Rua da Conceicao. Eventhough this is not at the same level of Plaza Shopping is a landmark, very easy to find, since it is the tallest round building you can see.
Hang-glide
From parque da cidade see above
Windsurf
In charitas and sao francisco