Praia Vermelha e Pão de Açúcar
Rio de Janeiro
Rodrigo_Soldon / BY-ND 2.0 via flickr
A short cove in Urca tucked under the Sugarloaf cable car. The flat Claudio Coutinho track runs from the end of the beach around the base of the rock, an easy walk with monkeys and open sea. The steeper trail up Morro da Urca also starts here.