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The Rio de Janeiro Botanical Garden was founded in 1808 by John VI of Portugal. It is located in the Jardim Botânico neighborhood. Open to the public on most days during daylight hours, the Botanical Garden is also a research institute that houses collections that include bromeliads, orchids, carnivorous plants, and cacti. Nice and “green” tourist location. You can take a lot of vacation pictures there.

GPS travel destination: 22° 58′ 3″ S, 43° 13′ 26″ W

The Estadio Jornalista Mario Filho, commonly called Estadio do Maracana (”Maracana stadium”), in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, is one of the largest football stadiums in the world. Owned by the Rio de Janeiro State Government, it is named after the Maracana neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro. It was opened in 1950 to host the FIFA World Cup. Since then, it has mainly been used for football matches between the major football clubs in Rio de Janeiro, including Flamengo, Fluminense, Botafogo and Vasco da Gama. It has also hosted a number of concerts and other sporting events. Although the paid attendance at the final game of the 1950 FIFA World Cup was 199,500, the stadium currently seats 95,000 spectators. It will host the World Cup Final in 2014, becoming the second stadium to host football’s most important match twice after the Azteca Stadium in Mexico City. MAracana is template of fotball and great tourist attraction.
Travel GPS location: 22° 54′ 43.8″ S, 43° 13′ 48.59″ W

Ipanema is a neighborhood located on the southern region of the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, between Leblon and Arpoador. The beach at Ipanema was immortalized in the song “The Girl from Ipanema”, written by Antonio Carlos Jobim and performed by Jobim, João and Astrud Gilberto, and Stan Getz. The song reached the U.S. top 5 in the summer of 1964. Most of the land that Ipanema consists of today once belonged to José Antonio Moreira Filho, Baron of Ipanema. The word “Ipanema” comes from the old Tupi language, meaning “bad water”; in the sense of bad for fishing, since the waves die too close to the sand, pushing fish away. Ipanema gained fame with the start of the bossa nova sound, when its residents Antônio Carlos Jobim and Vinícius de Moraes created their ode to their neighborhood, “Girl from Ipanema.” Nice, hot, romantic tourist spot form your 2008 holidays.

Travel direction: 22° 59′ 1.75″ S, 43° 12′ 16.3″ W