Hang glider, Christ Statue, Sugar Loaf, Ipanema
Rio also has Carnival celebrations, samba and other music, hotel-lined tourist beaches, such
as Copacabana, Ipanema, and Leblon; pavements decorated with black and cream swirl pattern
mosaics. Sugarloaf mountain (Pão de Açúcar) with its cable car; the Sambódromo, a giant
permanent parade stand used during Carnival; and Maracanã stadium, one of the world's largest
football stadiums. Rio also boasts the world's largest forest inside an urban area, called
Floresta da Tijuca, or 'Tijuca Forest'.
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