Pedra do Arpoador
Rio de Janeiro
Diego Baravelli / CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
A low granite point at the Ipanema end of the beach, a short walk up from the sand. It is the city's best known spot to watch the sun set behind Morro Dois Irmãos, so it fills up in the hour before. Go a little earlier for room on the rock.