Lake and island
In the garden.
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The City Park, also called Gávea Park, is a municipal conservation area in Rio's Gávea district, covering 470,000 square metres up to the edge of Tijuca National Park, with which it forms a large protected area. The land was first private property, holding the summer house of the Marquis of São Vicente, built in 1809 on its highest ground. In 1939 the Guinle family handed the estate to the city, which turned it into a public park, and in 1948 the Rio de Janeiro City History Museum moved into the house, with a collection of some 24,000 pieces by artists and photographers who recorded the city. Part of the park is dense forest and the rest a broad open garden crossed by dammed streams that formed a small lake with an island, on steep ground. It makes a quiet walk in nature away from the beaches; check the museum's hours.
In the garden.
City museum.
Near Tijuca.
Gávea, Rio de Janeiro
Instituto Moreira Salles (Rio)In the Gávea district, at the foot of the Tijuca forest, stands a white modernis4 minutes walk4.7
Vista ChinesaVista Chinesa, «the Chinese View», is a lookout inside the Tijuca Forest in Alto13 minutes walk4.9
Praia do VidigalVidigal beach is a small, quiet cove at the foot of the «Two Brothers» peaks, Do22 minutes walk4.6
Mesa do ImperadorThe Mesa do Imperador, «Emperor's Table», is a shaded stone lookout in Tijuca Na24 minutes walk4.9The Rio de Janeiro City History Museum since 1948; check its hours.