About
A very authentic place with old architecture, lots of people, quite a few homeless and definitely less safe than, e.g., Copacabana.
Why go
- A very authentic place with old architecture
- The birthplace of samba music so u gotta go
- Feels very different from the beach areas
Must try
- Confeitaria Colombo
- Portuguese library
- Free history walking tour
- Escadaria Selarón
- Samba at centro
Pro tips
- Best explored during the day
- Spend a morning here
Good to know
- Avoid walking around late at night
- Not recommended to stay or wander at night
- Quite a few homeless
Save places like this with mio
mio turns the TikTok and Instagram travel videos you save into a map of places to go. Share a video and mio pulls out every spot in it, tips included.
The tips on this page came from travel videos people saved to mio.