Free tastings and samples anyone can walk into, and the cheap local classics that keep a day of sightseeing going.
R$ 13Order at the street counter and eat sitting on the sea wall opposite. A cheese or beef pastel is R$ 13, the shrimp one R$ 14 and the shrimp empada R$ 16.
Go around 17:00 to have it with the sunset; the counter queue moves fast
Source: Bar Urca
R$ 14.50Rio eats açaí thick, cold and barely sweet, standing at the counter. At Big Polis Sucos the 200 ml baby cup is R$ 14.50 and the 300 ml R$ 21. Granola or banana cost a few reais more.
Daily 8:00 to midnight, Avenida Ataulfo de Paiva 505
Source: Big Polis Sucos
R$ 9.50Juice bars blend whole fruit while you wait. On the Big Polis menu a 300 ml papaya juice or Swiss lemonade is R$ 9.50, guava, apple and watermelon R$ 10, pineapple R$ 10.50.
Daily 8:00 to midnight. Ask for it without sugar, sem açúcar, or it comes sweetened
Source: Big Polis Sucos
R$ 10A crepe of cassava starch cooked on a dry griddle, the cheapest hot thing on a juice bar menu. Plain with butter is R$ 10 at Big Polis; fillings such as cheese cost more.
Daily from 8:00
Source: Big Polis Sucos
Tickets start at R$ 205, and it is the one view in Rio that no trail or terrace replaces: the whole bay, Copacabana and Corcovado from 396 meters as the lights come on. Go up around 16:00 and stay for dusk. If the budget is tight, hike Morro da Urca for free and decide at the top.
Everything above is free. This is the only paid pick on the page, chosen because no free option replaces it.
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