Rio Bonito is a municipality of the region of Grande Niterói, in the metropolitan area of Rio de Janeiro, in the Rio de Janeiro state.

Understand

Rio Bonito is a peripheral, partially rural municipality belonging to the metropolitan agglomeration of Rio de Janeiro. It has a relatively small population, and has wide areas of environmental protection (just like several other municipalities located on the outskirts of the Rio's metro area). Rio Bonito is the easternmost municipality in the Greater Rio region, and it was in the downtown area of this municipality that the urban expansion of the metropolitan agglomeration of Rio de Janeiro along the vector of the BR-101 highway ended.

Get in

The neighborhood Green Valley, close to the city center.

In the city center of Rio de Janeiro, there are urban bus and van lines to Rio Bonito.

Get around

See

  • Serra do Sambê (Sambê Mountain Range)
  • Rio Tanguá (Tanguá river)
  • Rio dos Índios (Índios river)
  • Rio do Ouro (Ouro river)
  • Rio Bacaxá (Bacaxá river)
  • Rio Vermelho (Red river)
  • Rio Duas Barras (Duas Barras river)
  • Rio Boa Esperança (Boa Esperança river)
  • Morro do Catimbau Grande (Catimbau Grande hill)
  • Parque Natural Municipal Morada dos Corrêas (Morada dos Corrêas Municipal Natural Park)
  • Parque da Caixa d'Água (Water Tank Park)
  • Ruínas da estação ferroviária de Rio Bonito (Ruins of the train station of Rio Bonito)
  • Praça Fonseca Portela (Fonseca Portela Square)
  • Igreja Matriz de Nossa Senhora da Conceição. Built in 1816.  (in the city center)
  • Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Conceição (in the district of Boa Esperança)
  • Parque Industrial de Rio Bonito (Rio Bonito Industrial Park)

Waterfalls

  • Bagres Falls (Cachoeira dos Bagres), Estrada dos Bagres. 20 meters high, and 12 meters wide. 
  • Bracanã Falls (Cachoeira de Braçanã), Estrada Municipal do Basílio. 
  • Tomascar Falls (Cachoeira de Tomascar). 4 meters high and 6 meters wide. 

Do

Buy

Eat

  • Sabor Rural - Rodovia BR-101, km 257 - Colina da Primavera, Rio Bonito.
  • Delicias Do Rancho - Rodovia RJ-124, km 15 - Boa Esperança, Rio Bonito.

Drink

Sleep

  • Bristol Easy Hotel - Rua Martinho de Almeida, 120 - Mangueirinha.
  • Hotel Indiano - Rodovia BR-101, km 270 - Parque Indiano.

Connect

Go next

Routes through Rio Bonito
Niterói ← Itaboraí ←  S  N  → Casimiro de Abreu → Campos dos Goytacazes


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